BRESCIANINO, Andrea del
(b. ca. 1485, Brescia, d. ca. 1545, Firenze)

Leda and the Swan

1520s
Oil on panel, 69 x 130 cm
Private collection

This unusual panel was probably intended as the headboard to a bed in a marital chamber. It was probably painted in Siena and shows the influence of the Sienese Domenico Beccafumi.