Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in th

An engraving of Leda seated nude on the ground, a swan beside her and putti clambering over her and the bird. Behind them rise the arched walls of a ruined Roman-style temple among trees and low hills.

Look closer: A small book or box lies on the ground at the lower left edge.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Palumba

Date

1500–1510

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2864 × 3549 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951