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Leda and the Swan is a c.1505-1507 oil and resin on panel painting by a painter in the circle of Leonardo da Vinci. It may have originated in the Gualtieri Collection in L'Aquila and passed through various others before being acquired from the Spiridon Collection in 1989 by its present owner, the Uffizi. [1]
Leda and the Swan copy by Giovanni Francesco Melzi after the lost painting by Leonardo, 1508–1515, oil on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1567), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest professional assistant throughout his career.
- 1570 (aged 78–79), Italy
- 1491, Italy
- Italian
- Renaissance
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Leda col cigno è un dipinto a olio e resine su tavola (130×77,5 cm) di un pittore leonardesco, forse Francesco Melzi, databile al 1505 - 1507 circa e conservato nella Galleria degli Uffizi a Firenze. Si tratta di una delle migliori copie della perduta Leda di Leonardo da Vinci .
- 1505-1507 circa
- Francesco Melzi (?)
- 130×77,5 cm
- olio e resine su tavola
Francesco MelziArtworks. View all 16 artworks. Francesco Melzi lived in the XV – XVI cent., a remarkable figure of Italian High Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- Italian
- Milan, Italy
There are Leonardo's drawings of the head and bust of Leda; a famous drawing was done in 1506 by Raphael; a red chalk drawing which may have been done by an assistant to Leonardo; a picture by Bugiardini which was based upon Leonardo's original cartoon (done in 1504); another copy probably by Francesco Melzi and based on Leonardo's second ...
Oct 14, 2023 · Leda herself stands in full figure, with her head turned away from the swan, who she holds in her arms. Theories around the creator of this piece have included Francesco Melzi, possibly in conjunction with Joos van Cleve.
