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Leda and the Swan, 1958 (polyvinyl acetate on hardboard)

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SYD3037617
Image title
Leda and the Swan, 1958 (polyvinyl acetate on hardboard)
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Artist
Nolan, Sidney (1917-92) / Australian
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Location
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Medium
polyvinyl acetate on hardboard
Date
1958 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
122x152.5 cms
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Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales / Bridgeman Images
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art / Australia / Oceania / colour / couple / swan / bird / god / woman / ancient Greece / Antiquity / Jupiter / mythological figure / mythology / metamorphose / transformation / nudity / paganism / religion / sexuality / New South Wales / Leda / Nolan Sidney (1917-1992) / 20th century / artist / mythology / greek / dark / rapes / predatory / disguise / sinister / predator / seduction / rape / myth / disguised / seduces / leda / zeus
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