Leda and the Swan
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Leda and the Swan
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Published 2019-11-12T13:50:26+00:00
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This statue, by the Danish sculptor Kai Nielsen (1882-1924), depicts the mythological narrative of Leda and the Swan. In the infamous Greek story Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces.
The subject undoubtedly owed its sixteenth-century popularity to the paradox that it was considered more acceptable to depict a woman in the act of copulation with a swan than with a man.
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Technical Information
| Date published | 12/11/2019 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Medium |
More Information
| Title | Leda and the Swan |
| Date | 1918 |
| Dimension | 110 x 82.5 x 72.5 cm |
| Accession | KMS5808 |
| Medium | Sandstone |
| Credit | 1924 |
| Record | https://collection.smk.dk/#/detail/KMS5808 |
| Artist | Kai Nielsen |
| Place | SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst |
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