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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    AFTER A WORK COPYING LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)

    Leda and the Swan

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 17.2 x 13.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851706

    A photograph of a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Palazzo Borghese, Rome. The painting appears to be one of the many versions after a now lost picture by Leonardo, the composition of which is known through numerous copies including a drawing by Raphael now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 912759). Ruland believed the photographed painting to be derived from the drawing by Raphael.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work copying Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) (artist)

    • 17.2 x 13.1 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp.57-9, no.12

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.129 C.XIV.3

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