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File:Leda - after Michelangelo Buonarroti.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Leda and the Swan  wikidata:Q26705721 reasonator:Q26705721
Artist
After Michelangelo  (1475–1564)  wikidata:Q5592 s:en:Author:Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni q:en:Michelangelo
 
After Michelangelo
Alternative names
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death 6 March 1475 Edit this at Wikidata 18 February 1564 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Caprese Michelangelo Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1487 until 1564
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q5592
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title

Leda and the Swan

label QS:Lit,"Leda col cigno"
label QS:Lfr,"Léda et le cygne"
label QS:Lsv,"Leda och svanen"
label QS:Lpl,"Leda z łabędziem"
label QS:Lru,"Леда и лебедь"
label QS:Lde,"Leda und der Schwan"
label QS:Lpt,"Leda e o Cisne"
label QS:Len,"Leda and the Swan"
label QS:Les,"Leda y el cisne"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
copy of a lost painting by Michelangelo
Date after 1530
date QS:P571,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 105 cm (41.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 141 cm (55.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+105U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+141U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG1868 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Notes
English: classical motif known from copies after sarcophagus reliefs and gems; similar pose to that of Michelangelo's 'Night' (Medici Chapel, Florence).
References
Source/Photographer web

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Leda and the Swan, a 16th-century copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo. National Gallery, London

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Leda and the Swan

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current17:20, 21 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:20, 21 February 2012677 × 500 (150 KB)AustriacusHigher resolution
11:32, 16 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 11:32, 16 August 2005400 × 300 (13 KB)Renamed user 7501825804''Leda and the Swan'', a 16th century copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo, 1530 (National Gallery, London)

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