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Joseph Heintz the Elder, Another Leda and the Swan
- 1.0563538 - ÚDU 2023 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Fučíková, Eliška
Joseph Heintz the Elder, Another Leda and the Swan.
Studia Rudolphina. Bulletin of the Research Center for Visual Arts and Culture in the Age of Rudolf II. - (Vácha, Š.; Dobalová, S.). 21-22, č. 1 (2022), s. 25-33. ISBN 978-80-88283-72-0. ISSN 1213-5372
Institutional support: RVO:68378033
Keywords : collecting * renaissance drawing * Leda and the Swan * Joseph Heintz the Elder * Rudolf II
OECD category: Arts, Art history
Method of publishing: Open access with time embargo
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The text juxtaposes Leda and the Swan by Joseph Heintz the Elder, exhibited in Augsburg 2015, with a newly rediscovered painting of the same subject. It also takes into consideration the role of three drawings that have been discussed with the Augsburg painting. The comparison shows the process by which Heintz created variant compositions. The restoration of the new work uncovered traces of underdrawing and multiple pentimenti, providing evidence that this oil on copper could have been the first composition that was intended for the emperor. The existence of the newly identified painting corresponds to the painter’s custom to repeat the successful composition several times if it evoked interest among collectors.
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