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.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B40_360

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

34.5Mo (5.0Mo) / 40.7cm x 21.3cm / 4804 x 2510 (300dpi)

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