File:Print, Léda in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des paravents (New Concepts for Screens), 1740 (CH 18220629).jpg

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English: Print, Léda in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des paravents [New Concepts for Screens], 1740   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Print, Léda in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des paravents [New Concepts for Screens], 1740
Description
English: One of a set of five panels for a folding screen. Vertical panel design with central scene depicting Leda and the swan, the personification of the god, Zeus. She is flanked by two child figures. The composition includes shells, leafy bushes, trees, and below, a large cartouche with a grotesque mask (top center) and large leaves (interior). A shell cartouche below depicts a pool of water.
Date 1740
date QS:P571,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions

Platemark: 50.8 x 26.2 cm (20 x 10 5/16 in.)

Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-203-9
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Print
  • Inscribed: On plate: lower left: F. Boucher invenit.; lower right: Duflos Sculpsit; lower center, in graphite: Leda
  • Period: Rococo
  • Country: France
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