File:Leda and the Swan 1505-1510.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman, inventor and writer
Date of birth/death	15 April 1452	2 May 1519
Location of birth/death	Vinci near Florence, Tuscany	Clos Lucé, France
Work period	from 1466 until 1519
Work location	Florence (1466–1482), Milan (1483–1499), Mantua (1499), Venice (1500), Florence (1500–1506), Milan (1506–1513), Florence (1507–1508), Rome (1513–1516), Amboise (1513–1518)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Leda and the Swan

Français : Léda et le cygne

Date

between 1505 and 1510

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 69.5 cm (27.4 in). Width: 73.7 cm (29 in).

Current location

Wilton House, Salisbury
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Notes

Painted by Cesare da Sesto after a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci

Source/Photographer

Web Gallery of Art:

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