"Leda And The Swan, Circa 1780"
A small gilded wooden statue as is, representing Leda and the Swan.Zeus, seeing Leda, the wife of the king of Sparta Tyndareus, bathing in the river Euratos, desired her. To get closer, he conceived the ruse of asking Aphrodite to change into an eagle and to pretend to pursue him, himself transformed into a swan.
Leda took the poor frightened swan in her arms, and Zeus took the opportunity to unite with her. But on the same day Leda had loved her husband, and two eggs resulted from these unions, each containing two children: Castor and Pollux and Helen (of Troy) and Clytemnestra.
Around 1780
France
Width: 17 cm. Height: 20 cm. Depth: 12 cm.
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
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