Leda and the Swan
Michel Anguier French
This statue was probably made for Nicolas Fouquet, the finance minister of Louis XIV. It is believed to have belonged to a series of fourteen ancient gods and goddesses originally displayed in the gallery of Fouquet's Château de Saint-Mandé. 1970.140 combines a composition based upon a classical Leda, contemporary Parisian features, and reflections of Leonardo's Leda and the Swan and Rosso Fiorentino's Loss of Youth in the Gallery of François I at Fontainebleu.
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