# Leda and the Swan [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [AMMANATI, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Marble, height 139 cm ## Commentary Leda and the Swan c. 1535 Marble, height 139 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Leda wears a long robe with a belt and fringe over her thighs. Her left arm is raised, and she is gazing downwards over her right shoulder at the swan, which touches her arm with its beak. Her right foot is raised and rests on a shell, and her right hand rests on the neck of the swan. Her left arm is raised above her head, and in her left hand she holds a piece of drapery. The figures stand on a shallow octagonal base. The left leg of Leda and the wings of the swan are unfinished. Formerly the statue was attributed to Vincenzo Danti and dated 1572-73. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Winter]() - [Allegory of Winter]() - [Architectural and anatomical sketches]() - [Detail of the façade]() - [Detail of the façade]() - [Falcon]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande \(detail\)]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande \(detail\)]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande]() - [Fontana di Sala Grande]() - [Fountain of Juno \(lower figures\)]() - [Fountain of Juno \(upper figures\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()