Leda and the Swan

c. 1846–83 Sheet: 39.7 x 54.5 cm (15 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.) Source image
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In the late 1520s Michelangelo made a painting depicting Leda and the swan, a mythological story in which Zeus assumes the form of a swan to seduce the mortal woman Leda, producing two children with her. Michelangelo’s version was undeniably more erotic and sensuous than most...

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