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Leonardo, according to Cesare Cesariano in 1521, attained “excellence” and “nobility” through his study of the art of antiquity.1 Yet it has proved difficult to find many antique prototypes for his work. I would like to propose two antique sources for Leonardo's Leda and on this basis to add a date to the chronology of the variations on this theme and to Leonardo scholarship in general.
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