S'il plait á Zeus - if Zeus desires
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- Item #: 0004
165 x 125 mm (image 109 x 83 mm). Soft-ground etching (C6).
Catalogue raisonné N. 76; Monogram JM above the left wing of the swan.
Zeus, in the form of a swan, is happily taking Leda. The inscription is a playful heraldic description of the scene, 'Purple with a silver swan with beak and member, with Leda impaled'. Dewez did not exchange much, and this ex-libris is uncommon.
Price 45 EURO (65 USD)
