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LEONARDO da Vinci: Leda

🖼 Leda, c. 1530
Oil on wood
Berlin, Germany

Soft brushwork captures an intimate moment: a woman tenderly embraces a swan in an idealized landscape. Leonardo's lost masterpiece exemplifies Renaissance fascination with mythological transformation and sensual grace, influencing generations of artists through its rediscovered composition and technique.

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