Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
AFTER A WORK COPYING LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)
Leda and the Swan
c.1853-76Albumen 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
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
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
