Drawing, Project for an Overdoor, ca. 1780 (CH 18109133)
Summary
Horizontal rectangle framing an oval landscape. In the center, above, Leda with the swan after Michelangelo; at left, the eagle of Zeus received by a nude woman; at right, Cupid; below at left, a man with a goat; below center, a medallion with a female profile; below at right, Hercules with the Hydra. Two swans clasping garlands flank the main scene.
Tags
Date
1780
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain