print
- Museum number
- 1837,0408.332
- Description
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Leda and Jupiter in the guise of a swan, surrounded by nymphs and putti; after Correggio; in an oval, irregular shape
Etching, some engraving
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 82 millimetres
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Width: 110 millimetres (image)
- Curator's comments
- Print after Correggio's painting, now in Berlin.
We are grateful to Dušan Vasić (email Dec 2020) for identifying the printmaker based on the reference to (Le) Mattré in Julius Meyer's book on 'Correggio', 1871, p. 491 and in 'Catalogue raisonné de la collection d'estampes, 1811: 'Leda et Jupiter en cigne. Pendant gravé par Jac. Mattré'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Acquisition notes
- From Richard Ford's collection of prints after Correggio (1837,0408.14 to 669), purchased from him through Colnaghi's, for £250.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1837,0408.332