Painting: "Leda e il cigno", central Italy, Sec.XVIII
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- Period : 18th century
- Style : Louis XV Transition
- Material : paper
- Price: 2500€
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Detailed Description
Beautiful colored pencil painting on parchment paper depicting the myth of Leda and the swan.
Central Italy, 1700 Dimensions: 39x31cm with frame: 49.5x41.5cm
According to Greek mythology, Leda, queen of Sparta and mother of Clytemnestra and Helen - the one who was to cause the outbreak of the Trojan war - slept on the banks of a pond, when it was from a candid swan, which was the animal in which Zeus had turned to be able to possess it. Leda was stunned by the scent of ambrosia and the action of the animal's neck on her body. After the sexual relationship ended, Zeus announced that two twins would be born from their union, the Diòscuri: Càstore, a great tamer of horses, and Pollùce, invincible boxer. As Càstore was mortal and Pollùce immortal, the latter wanted to be mortal for the sake of his brother. Zeus, pity, established that each of them lived one day, alive, on Olympus and the next day, dead, in Erebo, giving himself the change.
Central Italy, 1700 Dimensions: 39x31cm with frame: 49.5x41.5cm
According to Greek mythology, Leda, queen of Sparta and mother of Clytemnestra and Helen - the one who was to cause the outbreak of the Trojan war - slept on the banks of a pond, when it was from a candid swan, which was the animal in which Zeus had turned to be able to possess it. Leda was stunned by the scent of ambrosia and the action of the animal's neck on her body. After the sexual relationship ended, Zeus announced that two twins would be born from their union, the Diòscuri: Càstore, a great tamer of horses, and Pollùce, invincible boxer. As Càstore was mortal and Pollùce immortal, the latter wanted to be mortal for the sake of his brother. Zeus, pity, established that each of them lived one day, alive, on Olympus and the next day, dead, in Erebo, giving himself the change.
