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Leda and the Swan (copy after Michelangelo)

after 1530

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The story

Michelangelo painted the original in 1530 for Alfonso d'Este, but when it was belittled as a little thing he refused to hand it over, and his assistant Antonio Mini took it to France. Reportedly destroyed for its lasciviousness, it survives in copies, the best known being this one in London.

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Object details

Title: Leda and the Swan (copy after Michelangelo)
Artist: After Michelangelo
Date: after 1530
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: National Gallery, London
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0570
Original image: 3000 × 2269 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

After Michelangelo. Leda and the Swan (copy after Michelangelo). after 1530. National Gallery, London. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0570/