Medal with Leda and the Swan

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Artist Antonio Abondio (Italian, 1538–1591)

Title Medal with Leda and the Swan

Date 1551–1591

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Weight (27.3g): 0.06 lb.
Object: 1 7/8 × 1/16 in. (4.8 × 0.2 cm)
Overall: 1 7/8 × 1/16 in. (4.7 × 0.2 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Gloria Middeldorf in Memory of Ulrich Middeldorf, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 87.26.2.75

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Antonio Abondio depicts a popular erotic scene in which the Greco-Roman god Jupiter (Zeus), taking the form of a swan, visits the beautiful Leda.

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