id:			149988
accession number:	1980.210
share license status:	CC0
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Leda and the Swan, c. 1520. Master of the Birth of Venus (German). Gilt bronze; diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Blumka Gallery 1980.210

title:				Leda and the Swan
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creation date:			c. 1520
creation date earliest:		1515
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			Gift of Blumka Gallery
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Master of the Birth of Venus (German)  - artist
active in Rome c. 1520-1540
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measurements: Diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	title:		Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
	opening date:   1982-11-02T05:00:00
	<i>Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sold, Sotheby's, London, December 13, 1979, no. 162, to Ruth and Leopold Blumka.
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	Ruth and Leopold Blumka (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 186, no. 13; Mentioned: p. 211, no. 13
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

	Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part II.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 4 (April 1986): 142–182.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 159, fig. 170
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159938

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