# Leda and the Swan

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRESCIANINO, Andrea del](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brescianino-andrea-del-r9f2796bcb38bca>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel, 69 x 130 cm

## Commentary

This unusual panel was probably intended as the headboard to a bed in a marital chamber. It was probably painted in Siena and shows the influence of the Sienese Domenico Beccafumi.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child with the Infant St John and St Peter Martyr](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brescianino-andrea-del-r9f2796bcb38bca/madonna-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-and-st-peter-martyr-r1feef0ccf3f336>)
- [Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brescianino-andrea-del-r9f2796bcb38bca/madonna-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r0ceadb787784ce>)
- [Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brescianino-andrea-del-r9f2796bcb38bca/madonna-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r67af2599859bb4>)
- [Venus and Two Cupids](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brescianino-andrea-del-r9f2796bcb38bca/venus-and-two-cupids-r3955302a937955>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)