Leda and the Swan

Michelangelo, 1530, Alfonso I av Este

‘Leda and the Swan’ is a work by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy, 1475–1564). It is dated 1530. It is part of the collection Alfonso I av Este. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It was commissioned by Alfonso I d'Este. It is made of distemper and panel. It measures 105 × 141 cm. The work belongs to the genre mythological painting. The things depicted include Leda, swan, and woman.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

• The Renaissance