20th-Century Spanish School, After Michelangelo, Leda & The Swan Large Note the diagonal running from

Note the diagonal running from bottom left to top right

A charming late-19th-century depiction of a quaint cottage in the New Forest by English artist

perhaps he’s quite a character

like the lady herself

It’s plausible that this is a study ahead of the finished work

20th-Century Spanish School, After Michelangelo, Leda & The Swan Large Note the diagonal running fromThis early 20th century Spanish oil painting depicts the story of Leda and the Swan from Greek mythology. Leda, a princess, is seduced (or attacked) by Zeus, disguised as a swan. Its after a lost work by Michelangelo. Throughout the centuries, thousands of artists have depicted this scene, each with their own perspective and motive. Renaissance artists tended to evoke eroticism, the unusual sensuality between the twisting form of a white swan and a