Leda and the Swan
This statue came from the Château de Valmer, near Tours, which was built by Tomas Bonneau, a crown official, in 1645. 1980.5, loosely patterned after a late Hellenistic group in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, also echoes the composition of Sarrazin's four reliefs of the cardinal virtues executed ca. 1643-1645 for Monument of the Heart of Louis XIII.
Artwork Details
- Title: Leda and the Swan
- Artist: Jacques Sarazin (French, Noyon 1592–1660 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1640–50
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: White marble
- Dimensions: Height: 62 in. (157.5 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, C. Michael Paul Gift, and Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh and Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 1980
- Object Number: 1980.5
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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