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Project for a Ceiling Fresco: Leda and the Swan
Francesco Saverio Mergaloc. 1775
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Circular borderline. Leda upon clouds, recumbent, the swan beside her. Amor is aiming at her.
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Details
- Title: Project for a Ceiling Fresco: Leda and the Swan
- Creator: Francesco Saverio Mergolo
- Creator Lifespan: 1746/1786
- Date Created: c. 1775
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Brush and wash, pen and brown ink, graphite on paper
- Signed: at center by artist: "Mergolo"
- Provenance: From the collection of: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee
- Markings: watermark: Crown above three circles with S below. D in center
- Dimensions: 30.5 x 21.2 cm (12 in. x 8 3/8 in.)
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