Leda en de zwaan
Cornelis Bos
in or after 1546
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
347; 242
About this artwork
De naakte Leda ligt op een doek op de grond. Tussen haar benen Jupiter in de gedaante van een zwaan. Rechts een rivier.
About the Artist
Cornelis Bos · 1510–1556
Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10–before 1555), a Netherlandish engraver, printseller, and publisher born in 's-Hertogenbosch, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Antwerp print trade during the mid-16th century. His early life remains sparsely documented, with no records of formal training or mentors, though he was active in Antwerp by 1537, producing his earliest known engraving, *Prudence and Justice*, af...