Leda and the swan, print, number: '108', printmaker, after print by, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Virgilius Solis, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, height 50 mm x width 95 mm, Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda, A reclining nude woman is shown in a detailed pen-and-ink style with her body turned in profile and her head turned slightly toward a large swan whose neck curves toward her face; the swan’s beak is close to her mouth. The woman is resting on draped fabric and a cushion, one arm behind her and the other along her side, and her hair is styled with a braided or coiled arrangement. The swan’s wings and textured feathers are visible, overlapping the woman’s legs, and both figures are set amid a natural scene with foliage, grasses, and a distant view of a walled building or castle on a hillside. The image uses fine hatch and line shading to render contours and shadow across skin, feathers, fabric, and landscape.
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Leda and the swan, print, number: '108', printmaker, after print by, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Virgilius Solis, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, height 50 mm x width 95 mm, Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda, A reclining nude woman is shown in a detailed pen-and-ink style with her body turned in profile and her head turned slightly toward a large swan whose neck curves toward her face; the swan’s beak is close to her mouth. The woman is resting on draped fabric and a cushion, one arm behind her and the other along her side, and her hair is styled with a braided or coiled arrangement. The swan’s wings and textured feathers are visible, overlapping the woman’s legs, and both figures are set amid a natural scene with foliage, grasses, and a distant view of a walled building or castle on a hillside. The image uses fine hatch and line shading to render contours and shadow across skin, feathers, fabric, and landscape.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B40_360

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Rights managed

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34.5Mb (5.0Mb) / 16.0in x 8.4in / 4804 x 2510 (300dpi)

Keywords

Leda swan print number 108 printmaker Bavaria Nuremberg Virgilius Solis paper engraving intaglio printmaking technique height 50 mm x width 95 mm Jupiter shape reclining nude woman shown detailed pen- -ink style body turned profile head turned slightly large swan neck curves face swan’s beak close mouth woman resting draped fabric cushion arm side hair styled braided coiled arrangement swan’s wings textured feathers visible overlapping woman’s legs figures set natural scene foliage grasses distant view walled building castle hillside image uses fine hatch line shading render contours shadow across skin feathers fabric landscape

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