print
- Museum number
- 1874,0808.332
- Description
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Leda and the swan. Leda is entwined with Jupiter, disguised as a swan, with a large egg at lower left; after Michelangelo
Engraving
- Production date
- 1530-1550
- Dimensions
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Height: 302 millimetres
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Width: 401 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is a version in reverse of that described by Schele as 59a. Since it is also signed by Bos, it appears to be a replica made by himself (Shele decribes on p.138 four copies, none of which is this print). For another impression in reverse see 1930,U.1435. For impressions in the direction described by Shele see 1878,0713.161 and 1928,0313.85.
Literature: B. Ducos (ed.)., "L'Europe de Rubens", exh. cat. Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, 2013, cat.no. 125.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2013 May-Sep, Louvre Lens, 'Rubens et l'Europe'
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,0808.332
