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Leda and the Swan
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby's, London, December 13, 1979, no. 162, to Ruth and Leopold Blumka. Ruth and Leopold Blumka (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983). The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Master of the Birth of Venus (German)
- Date
- c. 1520
- Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Blumka Gallery
- Accession no.
- 1980.210
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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