Leda and the Swan

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UNEXPECTED MOTIFS in Renaissance

After Michelangelo
1530, after
Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 141 cm
London, National Gallery of Art

It is probably a copy of Michelangelo’s painting for the Duke of Ferrara. The pose of Leda is similar to the pose of Michelangelo’s Night.

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