Swans in art

Leda and the Swan

Main gallery: Category:Leda and the Swan.

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  Roman mosaic depicting Leda and the swan from the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Palea Paphos, Cyprus, 3rd century AD
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  Roman fresco depicting Leda and the swan found in Villa San Marco, Stabiae
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  Pontormo, Leda and the Swan, 1512-1513
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  Cesare da Sesto, Leda and the Swan (Copy after a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci), ca 1515-1520
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  Rubens, Leda and the Swan, before 1600
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  Paul Cézanne, Leda au cygne, 1880-1882
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  Jerzy Hulewicz, 1928

Venus (or Aphrodite) with swans

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  Aphrodite riding a swan, tondo from an Attic white-ground red-figured kylix, ca 460 BC
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  Francesco del Cossa, Triumph of Venus (detail), 15th century
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  Aphrodite and Adonis, 17th century
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  François Boucher, Venus Asking Vulcan for Arms for Aeneas, 1732
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  Charles-Joseph Natoire, Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, after 1732
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  James Gillray, Venus a la coquelle - or the Swan-sea Venus, 1809
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  James Ward, Venus Rising from her Couch, 1828

Allegory of Music

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  Robinet Testard, Allegory of Music or Erato in an enluminated manuscript of Echecs amoureux, ca 1496-1498
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  Filippino Lippi, Allegory of Music, 4th quarter of 15th c.
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  Jan van Kessel, Personification of music, 17th c.

Others allegories

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Symbol of Martin Luther

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Saint Hugh of Lincoln with his swan

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Norns with swans

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Sculptures of swans

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  Sculpture at the central entrance of the Cathedral of San Rufino, Assisi, Italy
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Others

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  Anna Ancher, A Young Girl Plucking a Swan, 1900
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