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Leda wears a long robe with a belt and fringe over her thighs. Her left arm is raised, and she is gazing downwards over her right shoulder at the swan, which touches her arm with its beak. Her right foot is rainsed and rests on a shell, and her right hand rests on the neck of the swan. Her left arm is raised above her head, and in her left hand she holds a piece of drapery. The figures stand on a shallow octagonal base. The left leg of Leda and the wings of the swan are unfinished.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Title
Leda and the Swan
Date
ca. 1535
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 139 x W 53 x D 51 cm
Accession number
A.100-1937
Acquisition method
Purchased by the John Webb Trust
Work type
Sculpture
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, Greater London SW7 2RL England
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