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Leda and the Swan (Peter Paul Rubens)
Peter Paul Rubens was a well known artist during the Baroque era. He completed hundreds of works in various mediums—many were famous at the time and still are today. But there are also many works of art that people don’t know much about. One of these works is his painting Leda and the Swan. He painted two versions of this subject. The first was completed in 1601 and the second was completed in 1602.
Rubens was heavily influenced by Michelangelo.〔Jaffé, Rubens and Italy, 19.〕 He was introduced to his work on his journey to Italy. Rubens decided to go to Rome to make copies of paintings and further his studies of Italian art from the leading Italian artists of the previous century, later termed the Renaissance.〔White, Rubens and His World, 17.〕 In Rome, he encountered Michelangelo’s version of ''Leda and the Swan''. Even though Michelangelo’s version does not exist today, copies of it do.〔Georgievska Shine, Rubens and the Archaeology of Myth, 85.〕 A copy of Michelangelo’s original work was done by Rubens. Rubens would have been familiar with Michelangelo’s ''Leda''. His version is considered a prototype for Rubens’s two works.〔Huemer, Rubens and the Roman Circle, 231.〕 Rubens’s 1601 ''Leda'', was modeled after Michelangelo’s ''Leda''.〔Jaffé, Rubens and Italy, 64.〕 The placement of the body is very similar as is its twisting posture. Even the positioning of the fingers is mirrored. The swan is caressing the female in exactly the same way.
The actual figure of the female varies drastically between Rubens’s style and Michelangelo’s style. Michelangelo typically depicted women in a masculine way. Muscles are more clearly defined and the bodies look hard. The body is thinner. The hair is neatly styled. Michelangelo’s body proportions are a little skewed. Rubens’s women, on the other hand, are extremely curvaceous and are much softer. The hair is somewhat loose and not as styled. The body proportions seem more realistic in Rubens’s two works.
Though Rubens’s two works are very similar, they do differ. In his first depiction, the brushstrokes are looser, it is not as detailed, there is less landscape, no elaborate headpiece, the colors are muted, and the drapes are green. The 1601 painting was initially supposed to be in a painted ellipse that cut off the left elbow and part of the right foot as seen through x-rays. Today it is in a rectangular format along with the 1602 painting. In his second painting, the brushstrokes are more precise, there is more detail, there is a clearer landscape in the background, an elaborate headpiece, more vibrant colors, and the drapery is white and red.〔Jaffé, Rubens and Italy, 64-65.〕
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