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Leda and the Swan

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The story

Moreau treated Leda's encounter with the god as a sacred marriage, a consecration. In his own notes the god appears, thunder rolls and earthly love withdraws, while the white figure receives him like a humble initiate, immaculate whiteness beneath divine whiteness, until the mystery is accomplished.

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Object details

Title: Leda and the Swan
Artist: Gustave Moreau
Date: undated
Culture: French
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper
Object type: Drawings
Collection: Private collection (sold at Sotheby's New York, 2011)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0762
Original image: 1886 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gustave Moreau. Leda and the Swan. undated. Private collection (sold at Sotheby's New York, 2011). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0762/