Title

Leda With The Swan

Caption

Rome, Capitoline Museums: Leda with the Swan, a restored Roman copy, perhaps after an original by Timotheus (360 BC).Marble sculpture.This group is a sculptural representation of the erotic theme of Leda and Zeus in the guise of a swan. Leda, nude, is depicted in the act of lifting up her matnle with her left arm in order to protect the swan from the eagle in the act of snatching it. With her right hand, she holds the swan. The figure is leaning on a tree trunk placed to her right. The statue could be a reworking of a group attributed to the Greek Timotheos, in the fourth century BC, and very common in many replicas beginning in the first century BC.
Musei Capitolini, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date

Dec 10, 2002

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A00_050

License type

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Available size

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Keywords

Capitoline Museums Archeologia Archaelogy Arte Art Arte greca Greek Art Artista Artist Cigno Swan Dio God Divinità Divinity Età Romana Roman Age Giove Zeus I Romani The Romans Italia Italy Lazio Leda Marmo Marble Mito greco Greek Myth Mitologia Mythology Musei Capitolini Museo Museum Olimpo Olympus Opera d'arte Artwork Policleto Polykleitos Roma Rome Scultura Sculpture Statua Statue Stile Art style Storia History Mitologia Mythology|Olimpo

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