# Leda and her Children

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIAMPIETRINO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 128 x 106 cm

## Commentary

Leda and her Children c. 1520 Oil on wood, 128 x 106 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel This Leda was formerly thought to be the work of Leonardo. However, it is now attributed to Giampietrino who made it after the lost painting by Leonardo. The contribution of Bernazzano \(active in Milan that time\) is also assumed. Of the many amatory affairs of Zeus, the father of the gods, the best known is probably that with Leda, whom he approached in the form of a swan. The offspring of this union were the two pairs of twins, Castor and Pollux and Helena and Clytemnestra. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/rameau\_castor.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux, March&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/ecce-homo-r0dedd14f71efd8>)
- [Leda and her Children \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/leda-and-her-children-detail-r38eefaccca312f>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-and-child-r1dcbe82cf43d2d>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-and-child-r9fa38edc77fc19>)
- [Madonna and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-and-child-with-st-elizabeth-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r3742db1e4ef83b>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome and Michael](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-and-child-with-sts-jerome-and-michael-r1d8859fd2e7bf7>)
- [Madonna Suckling the Infant Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-suckling-the-infant-christ-r7369f57dec9b29>)
- [Madonna with Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/madonna-with-child-rd3c80feb1fe6a6>)
- [Repentant Mary Magdalene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giampietrino-r889fd6548c399f/repentant-mary-magdalene-r4c68608e2d2c88>)

## Attribution

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