Leda and the Swan
45.
Statue
Roman
Leda and the Swan
Marble,
2nd century CE
Funding provided by Arthur G. Altschul, BA 1943; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940s; Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, LL.B. 1963; George Hopper Fitch, BA 1932; Allen Grover, BA 1922; the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., BA 1913, Fund; Henry J. Heinz, II, BA 1931, H. John Heinz III, B.A. 1960, Alexander K. McLanahan, B.A. 1949, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III
Photograph courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery
1986.1.1
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