Leda and the Swan
E646581
Leda and the Swan is a mythological painting by the Italian Renaissance master Correggio depicting the god Zeus seducing Leda in the form of a swan.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leda and the Swan (Correggio) | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artist | Correggio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Greek myth of Leda and Zeus
ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Correggio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian court culture of the 16th century ⓘ |
| depicts |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
Leda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ myth of Leda and the Swan ⓘ swan ⓘ |
| depictsNude | Leda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
Greek mythological narrative
ⓘ
interaction between mortal and god ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divine seduction
ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ |
| inception |
16th century
ⓘ
circa 1530 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian High Renaissance art
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Leda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalFigureDepicted |
Leda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ swan form of Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic composition
ⓘ
sensuous treatment of mythological subject ⓘ soft modeling of figures ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Leda e il cigno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Correggio’s mythological works ⓘ |
| period | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Zeus in the form of a swan
ⓘ
seduction of Leda by Zeus ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | encounter of Leda with Zeus as a swan ⓘ |
| style | High Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Leda and the Swan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMythologicalSubject | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.