Leda and a swan
Owned by the Louvre MNR 274; listed a second time in Van der Doort, p.190, no 13 along with the date 1634; exchanged 1634 for a Domenico Fetti Vision of St Peter, a Mantua piece now in Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (from a note on the back of the Fetti). Measurements of Fesch/Louvre Leda and the Swan unconfirmed: 118 x 97 or 113 x 94.5 (?).
A Veronese studio version with relevant measurements (116.8 x 96.5) sold Sotheby's New York on May 28, 1999 (Lot #26), now Dr. Stefanie Gilbert collection USA.
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 59, № 98
Paolo Veronese
Leda and the Swan, on a white bed (naked with Jupiter upon her in the shape of a swan), holding with her right hand under a purple curtain
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
3ft 10in x 3ft 2in (116.8 x 96.5cm)
Light:
light from the right
Provenance:
Lady Buckingham for a Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
exchanged
Location:
Room description extended:
towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 81 and V&A MS, f. 22, no 6 (WS 206)
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51