1540
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Leda and the Swan is a 1540 by Enea Vico, a Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a woman lying down in a wooded area, with a swan perched beside her. She looks up, her hand resting on the bird’s neck. Around them, trees and bushes fill the scene, with careful lines marking leaves and branches. The swan’s calm pose contrasts with the woman’s focused gaze, creating a quiet tension. This print style was common in Renaissance art, where artists often used myths as subjects. Look up Renaissance to see how this scene fits into the era’s stories and styles.
A print on paper depicts *Leda and the Swan*, a work after a design by Michelangelo. The composition illustrates the mythological encounter between Leda and Zeus, who has taken the form of a swan.
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Enea Vico (29 January 1523 – 18 August 1567) was an Italian engraver. Vico was born in Parma. He specialized in grotesque engravings based on antique paintings. Vico made engravings for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke…
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