Leda and the Swan
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, German, c. 1740–1814
label: Print Maker
content: Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, German, c. 1740–1814
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scene from mythology of the woman Leda, here depicted nude, seduced by Zeus disguised as a swan. The plate is signed.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-285-125
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper