Leda and the Swan

RCIN 902008

Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)

Leda and the Swan

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

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A chalk, pen and ink drawing of Leda lying, semi-recumbent, with the swan, its beak to her mouth.
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Search the collection Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609)
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RL 02008

W(C) : Wittkower, R., 1952. The Drawings of the Carracci in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – W(C) 425

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