Art, literature & history
Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in the background
1500–1510
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet (Trimmed): 6 1/4 in. × 5 in. (15.8 × 12.7 cm)
- Collection no.
- 51.623.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Palumba. Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in the background. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in the background — Giovanni Battista Palumba. 1500–1510.
Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 6 1/4 in. × 5 in. (15.8 × 12.7 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.