Leda and the Swan
circa 1724
18th century
13 cm x 19 cm (5 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
Paul Troger
(Monguelfo (Italy), 1698 - 1762, Vienna)
Primary
Object Type:
drawing
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Austrian
Medium and Support:
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on cream paper
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017
Accession Number:
2017.1406
This study was probably executed in Rome during Troger’s longest sojourn in Italy (1722-26). Like many of his drawings, it was probably a pure graphic exercise. Elegant and fluent, such pen work is characteristic of the artist.