Identificationtitle(s): leda and the swan. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1943-464. Inscriptions / marks: inscription, recto bottom, handwritten in brown ink: 'mural painted in herculanum'. Description: jupiter, in the form of a swan, seduces leda. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pietro campana (mentioned on object), after drawing by: n. Vanni (mentioned on object), after painting by: unknown. Place of manufacture: printmaker: italy, after a drawing by: italy, after a painting by: herculaneum. Dating: 1735 - 1779. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 321 mm (cut off inside plate edge. ) × w 225 mm (cut off inside plate edge. ) subject: what: jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and leda. Credit line: donation from c. J. Baron schimmelpenninck van der oye, amsterdam. Acquisition: donation 1943. Date: between 1735 and 1779.
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