Leda and the Swan (Correggio)

Leda and the Swan
ArtistAntonio da Correggio Edit this on Wikidata
Yearc. 1532 (Julian)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions152 cm (60 in) × 191 cm (75 in)
Commissioned byFederico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua Edit this on Wikidata
CollectionGemäldegalerie Edit this on Wikidata
Accession No.218 Edit this on Wikidata
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The 1604 copy by Eugenio Cajés before the painting left Spain, showing the original's state before it was damaged and restored (Museo del Prado, Madrid).

Leda and the Swan (known in Italian as Leda) is an oil on canvas painting from 1530–31 by the Italian painter Correggio, now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.[1] It shows three scenes of Leda's seduction by Jupiter who has taken the form of a swan. Their first meeting is shown on the right hand side and their lovemaking in the centre, where Leda sits with the swan between her thighs, guiding him with her left hand. They are accompanied to their left by Cupid with his bow and two cupids with flutes. The third scene (again on the right hand side) is the swan flying away whilst Leda gets dressed. Leda and the Swan was a common subject in 16th-century art.

  1. ^ "Leda mit dem Schwan". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-22.