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LEONARDO da Vinci: Leda

🖼 Leda, 1508-15
Oil on panel
130 × 77.5 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft curves and delicate brushwork capture a mythological moment—Leda reclines with the swan, rendered in Leonardo's sfumato technique. This lost masterpiece revolutionized Renaissance depictions of classical subjects, blending sensuality with philosophical inquiry about transformation and divine intervention.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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