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Bartholomaeus SprangerLeda And The Swan By Workshop Of Bartholomaeus SprangerLate 16th century
Late 16th century
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Workshop of Bartholomaeus Spranger
16th Century Flemish
Leda and the Swan
Oil on panel
Retelling one of the most legendary Greco-Roman mythological tales, this exceptional oil on panel of Leda and the Swan is credited to the workshop of the great Flemish master Bartholomaeus Spranger. The story, in which Zeus transforms into a swan to seduce the young beauty Leda, has been taken up by artists since antiquity, and this painting represents a particularly sophisticated rendition of the myth. Leda is depicted as a languishing and voluptuous female nude, as Zeus, in the form of a swan, hovers over her figure in the background. Their children, Helen and Pollux, surround their mother, while a cherubic Cupid occupies the lower right corner of the scene. Lively and vibrant, the scene bears the very best characteristics of Spranger's workshop, exemplifying the elements that make his works so treasured.
Spranger was renowned for his painterly style that was revolutionary for its merger of northern European and Italian painterly techniques. Leda and the Swan reveals these same stylistic tendencies. The richness of color and the seductive expression of Leda, complete with her limpid yet direct gaze, recall the master artists of 16th-century Italy, such as Parmigianino and late Michelangelo. It particularly recalls Michelangelo's lost 1530s version of the same subject (a copy of which is in London's National Gallery), especially in the placement of the swan and Leda's draped posture.
The painting's attention to detail, however, reveals a link to Netherlandish traditions. A number of elements can be directly linked to other works by Spranger; the lavish, bejeweled gold arm cuff that Leda wears on her upper left arm, for instance, is strikingly similar to the cuff that appears on the nude nymph Scylla in Spranger's Glaucus and Scylla (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
There are also parallels in the atmospheric effects conveyed in the background of each composition. In Glaucus and Scylla, storm clouds loom over the horizon, rendered with soft washes of colliding color. A similar effect is created in Leda, wherein the hint of the landscape beyond – appearing just over the swan to the right – is captured with delicate washes of color. Taken as a whole, the oil echoes all of the qualities characteristic of Spranger's later 16th-century work, a period during which he developed a larger circle of associates; it is among his workshop that this painting can thus be determined as originating.
As one of the most noted European painters working in the 16th century outside of Rome, Flemish master Bartholomaeus Spranger enjoyed incredible acclaim for his lively and vibrant painterly style. Though he was known to invoke subjects ranging from the religious to the mythological, it is for his mythological scenes that Spranger is most well-known today. This painting of Leda and the Swan, which bears the characteristics of Spranger's workshop, exemplifies the elements that make his works so treasured.
Late 16th century
Panel: 33 5/8" high x 46 7/8" wide
Frame: 41 5/8" high x 54 1/2" wide
- Creator:Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish)
- Creation Year:Late 16th century
- Dimensions:Height: 41.63 in (105.75 cm)Width: 54.5 in (138.43 cm)Depth: 1.63 in (4.15 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:Seller: 31-02011stDibs: LU18613807482
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