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Mannerist painter, 16th century
Leda and the Swan
Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 142 cm
Initial 'P' in center of pillow embroidery
Leda, queen of Sparta and bride of Tindarus, is lying on a sheet with her torso raised by a white pillow. To his figure, which occupies the entire space of the canvas, that of Zeus in the disguise of a swan is suavely lined up. Following this union, according to the myth, Leda laid an egg from which Helen, Pollux, Castor and Clytemnestra were born. The story was supposed to take place along the Eurota River, but the backdrop in the present painting is a detailed dante view of a mountain range surrounding a lake, and some buildings. Prominent among these are an aqueduct and the Cestia Pyramid-a landscape piece of great quality, in essence, especially in the chromatic rendering of the surrounding vegetation and the softly outlined mountains, so much so that it suggests the artist studied the works of the master Leonardo.
The voluminousness of the female figure harks back to Mannerist stylistic features, and it is therefore possible to circumscribe its chronological realization range to the mid-sixteenth century. For the origins of the iconography of the reclining Leda, in ancient times preferred in the standing variant, it is necessary to dwell on an engraving by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), depicting the woman in the company, instead of the swan, of a sea creature. Caesar Reverdinus (second half of the 16th century) resumed this work in the immediate future, this time flanking Queen Zeus under changed forms. It is Michelangelo's lost version, however, that has inspired the greatest number of replicas: painted on commission by Alfonso I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, the canvas imposed itself as an open challenge to fellow Titian, who had just delivered three paintings to the duke. Michelangelo completed the work, according to biographer Condivi of massive size, by 1530 or the following year; it would seem that, in response, Titian immortalized the famous Danae now in the collection of the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco, which Michelangelo saw when in Rome but criticized, in 1545. Following an argument with the duke's representative, the Tuscan artist donated canvas and preparatory cartoon to his pupil Antonio Mini, who took both to France to sell them to Francis I. Although tradition would have it that it was the superintendent of Fontainebleau Des Noyers who burned the original painting for indecency, records of its disappearance are still lacking: we do know, however, that Cornelis Bos made an engraved copy and that Michelangelo himself made a study for Leda's face in red plaster, which is now preserved at Casa Buonarroti in Florence. The oldest replica of the master's canvas to date turns out to be the painting on display at the National Gallery in London, although the Dioscuri mentioned by Cornelis instead do not appear there. Long attributed to Rosso Fiorentino because of the testimony of Cassiano del Pozzo, who saw a similar one within the Fontainebleau picture gallery in 1625 and also because of the cartoon that Vasari records as being present in the artist's studio at the time of his death in 1540 (London, Royal Academy of Arts), the canvas has now been more prudently traced to an anonymous hand.
The variant of the reclining Leda, also recurring in a sculpture by Bartolomeo Ammanati (Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello), was juxtaposed through Leonardo da Vinci with that of the queen near a reedbed kneeling (Study for Leda, Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire), soon taken up by the large host of his pupils including Cesare da Sesto (Rome, Galleria Borghese) and Francesco Melzi (Florence, Uffizi Galleries). Later Raphael replicated a Leonardesque study by proposing a standing Leda (Windsor, Royal Collection).
The item is in good condition
- Dimensions:Height: 34.26 in (87 cm)Width: 55.91 in (142 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:Canvas,Oiled
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- Date of Manufacture:unknown
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5918239031112
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