A statue left languishing as ‘just part of the furniture’ by its owners has been sold at auction for £12.2million. The 4ft 5in marble depiction of Leda and the Swan had been in the family of ...

Statue mystery solved at Healdsburg's Oak Mound Cemetery. The statue had a Greek mythology background. It depicts the god Zeus in the form of a swan seducing a girl named Leda.

"Leda watches the spectator with a sensuality that's absolutely pronounced," he said. An unnamed archaeologist told the U.K.'s The Times newspaper that the painting was likely inspired by a statue ...

The statue is a depiction of Greek mythology, in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, rapes the mortal woman Leda. It was first commissioned by Southend Council in the 1960s, and first stood ...

The Uffizi Gallery's copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Leda and the Swan on view in "Leonardo da Vinci" at the Louvre in October 2019. Photo: François Guillot/AFP via Getty Images.

The unveiling of the Leda and the Swan fresco is perhaps a turning point for Pompeii, which hopes to revamp its image. Several discoveries have been made at Regio V, including an inscription dated ...

An ancient fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth “Leda and the Swan” has been uncovered at the Pompeii archeological site in central Italy.

A newly discovered mural shows Leda having sex with a swan. Photo: Parco Archeologico di Pompei Archaeologists have unearthed a sensual fresco depicting the Ancient Greek myth of Leda and the Swan on ...

Workshop of Bartholomaeus Spranger 16th Century | Flemish Leda and the Swan Oil on panel Retelling one of the most legendary Greco-Roman mythological tales, this exceptional oil on panel of Leda and ...

Leda, with her Mona Lisa smirk, looks away coyly, demurely. There's a touch of realism. Most Leda paintings, even when in flagrante delicto, show only the swan's neck and wings.