Leda and the Swan
1770
Artist, Swiss, 1730 - 1788

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 22.2 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 27.6 x 38.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1999.100.11
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Catalogue Raisonné
Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 29
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 1999 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1930
Leemann-Van Elck, Paul. Salomon Gessner: Dichter, Maler und Radierer, 1730-1788. Zurich, 1930.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: S. Gessner inv. et f. 1770.; lower right in plate: 7; by later hand, upper right in graphite: (27/10p)
Wikidata ID
Q75430142