The artwork portrays the Greek god Zeus – or Jupiter in Roman mythology – taking the form of a swan and seducing the Spartan Queen Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus. Depictions of Greek ...

Artists across eras have taken their own approach in painting the subject. The tale typically goes that Zeus imposed himself on Leda, but Michelangelo envisioned the inter-species pair making love.

Art World Can a Newly Discovered Fresco of a Very Risqué Myth Help Pompeii Change Its Image? Leda and the Swan Goes on View. The recently discovered erotic scene is the latest addition to a world ...

Archaeologists in Italy recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old fresco in remarkable condition on the walls of the House of Leda, a Pompeii mansion under excavation since 2018 that’s recognized for ...

Painted on the wall of a Pompeiian bedroom, the artwork shows a nude Leda smiling invitingly as a swan nuzzles against her chest. “[The scene] sends a message of sensuality,” Massimo Osanna, ...

Lot Performance Against Estimate Painting A comparison of an artwork’s realized price at auction to its pre-sale estimate, expressed as a percentage. This metric indicates whether a lot sold above, ...

Gain insight into the auction performance of Charalambides Andreas . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the ...