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Object Type
Museum number: Ii,16.8
Description: Leda and the swan. Leda is entwined with Jupiter, disguised as a swan, with a large egg at lower left; after Michelangelo Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Bos; After: Michelangelo
School/style: Dutch; Italian
Production date: 1530-1556
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 271 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 398 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is a version in reverse, for another impression in reverse see 1874,0808.332. For impressions in the direction described by Shele see 1878,0713.161 and 1928,0313.85.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (54); Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (59a) (Copy II)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; bird; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Leda; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter (as a swan)
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1830
Acquisition notes: For J T Smith's purchases at the Lawrence sale, see Ii,16.2. This is the missing Ii,16.8 in a portfolio of acquisitions of Marcantonio and his school made by J T Smith at the Lawrence sale in 1830, described as 'Leda and the swan (larger)', by Enea Vico. This is confirmed by the pencil number '8' on the verso.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Ii,16.8
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 1980,U.1435

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