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Leda and the Swan (Correggio)

Leda and the Swan is an oil on canvas painting from 1530-31 by the Italian painter Correggio, now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. It shows three scenes of Leda's seduction by Jupiter who has taken the form of a swan. Their first meeting is shown on the right hand side and their lovemaking in the centre, where Leda sits with the swan between her thighs, guiding him with her left hand. They are accompanied to their left by Cupid with his bow and two cupids with flutes. The third scene (again on the right hand side) is the swan flying away whilst Leda gets dressed. Leda and the Swan was a common subject in 16th-century art.

History Correggio conceived a series of works entitled Amori di Giov...

c. 1532
Oil on canvas
156.2 x 195.3cm
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Where you'll find this

Museo Nacional del Prado
Permanent collection