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Leda and the Swan

1654

Medium

Limestone (pierre de Tonnerre)

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Dimensions

Height: 86 in. (218.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1970

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French

Rights

Public Domain

About Michel Anguier

1612–1686 • France

After working in the Rome studio of Algardi, Michel and his brother, François, brought a Roman Baroque style back to France; they collaborated on the tomb of Henry de Montmorency (in the chapel of the Lycée). Comment on works: Sculptor; Mythology; Allegory; Religious

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