Swan Collection (page 7)

Swans in the Reeds, c1794-c1831. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Swans in the Reeds, c1794-c1831. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Prince Gvidon and Princess Swan, 1890s. Artist: Mikhail Vrubel
Prince Gvidon and Princess Swan, 1890s. Found in the collection of the State Museum Abramtsevo Estate, near Moscow

Diana and Endymion, 1723. Artist: Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger
Diana and Endymion, 1723. Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting and the Moon, falls in love with the sleeping figure of the shepherd Endymion

Artemis with a swan. Lekythos, white-ground, c490 BC. Pan Painter, Attic vase painter (ca. 475-450 BC). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Antique landscape with the Phaethons tomb, 1785. Artist: Jacob Philip Hackert
Antique landscape with the Phaethons tomb, 1785. Hackert, Jacob Philipp (1737-1807). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Venus and Adonis, c1614. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Venus and Adonis, c1614. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Boyars (nobleman s) wedding, Russia, c1883-c1884. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Boyars (nobleman s) wedding, Russia, c1883-c1884. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Cygnus transformed into a swan and Phaetons sisters into poplars, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Cygnus transformed into a swan and Phaetons sisters into poplars, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Ornamental Water in Park, Scarborough, 1901. Artist: Liversidge, Ross & Co
Ornamental Water in Park, Scarborough, 1901. View of a bridge over a park in Yorkshire. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts

The fall of Phaeton, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The fall of Phaeton, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Marsh, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Marsh, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Landscape of Eygue, 1833. Artist: Alexandre Pouchkine
Landscape of Eygue, 1833

Interior of an Office, c1635. Artist: Frans Snyders
Interior of an Office, c1635

Leda and the Swan, c1504-1506. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Leda and the Swan, c1504-1506, from the collection of Franz Koenigs, Haarlem, Netherlands; middle: Leda and the Swan, c1504-1506, from the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth

Landscape, 16th century. Artist: Gillis van Coninxloo
Landscape, 16th century

Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. Artist: JMW Turner
Queen Mabs Cave, 1846. A mythical character referred to in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Nights Dream, Queen Mab was supposed to bring dreams to people by driving her chariot over

The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. The central image is of the three different birds. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Advertisement for Ediswan incandescent light bulbs, 1898. The Ediswan brand was the result of a merging of the interests of the two pioneers of electric light bulbs

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, scientist and inventor, c1900. Swan invented the incandescent electric lamp in Britain at about the same time as Thomas Edison patented it in the USA

Horn Bridle Decoration from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. Representing a Horned Tiger and two swans

Leda and the Swan from Ahnassia, Beni-Souef, Egypt, 3rd century. Probably made for the Greek Pagan community in Egypt but with characteristics of Coptic Art

Whooper Swans on Lake Myvatn with Hot Springs Beyond, North Central Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Whooper Swans on Lake Myvatn with Hot Springs Beyond, North Central Iceland, 20th century. A shallow shallow eutrophic lake in volcanic landscape created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years

Leda and the Swan, after 1530. Artist: Buonarroti, Michelangelo, (School)
Leda and the Swan, after 1530. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Roman relief of Leda and the Swan, 1st century
A Roman relief of Leda and the Swan, from Crete. The swan is Zeus, who will ravish Leda and father Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri, 1st century

Tunisian llustration of a winged mythical being
Tunisian popular illustration of a winged mythical being in the Islamic tradition

Bridle decoration representing a horned tiger and two swans, 5th century BC
Bridle decoration representing a horned tiger and two swans from barrow two in Altai in Russia. In the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Roman relief of Leda and the Swan, from Hungary. The swan is Zeus, who will ravish Leda and father Helen of Troy and Castor and Pollux the divine twins. Currently in the National Museum, Budapest

Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, 14th century. Marco Polo (1254-1324) setting out with his uncles from Venice for the Far East

Savoy Theatre, London, 1881. View of the interior of the Savoy Theatre with the house (not the stage) lit by Swan incandescent lamps

Joseph Wilson Swan, c1880
Joseph Wilson Swan, English chemist and physicist, c1880. Swan (1828-1914), pioneer of electric lighting and inventor of bromide photographic paper

Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. In January 1879 Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914)

Boating on the Seine, 1875-1876. Artist: Ferdinand Heilbuth
Boating on the Seine, 1875-1876. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Father Thames Himself Again, 1865 Artist: John Tenniel
Father Thames Himself Again, 1865. Lor Bless Yer R Y L Ighness! I ain t the Same River since I Gave up Scavenging and Turned Waterman

Shield with Swan Held by Woman, ca. 1435-1491. Creator: Martin Schongauer
Shield with Swan Held by Woman, ca. 1435-1491

Modelbuch aller Art Nehens vn Stickens (Page 13r), 1535. Creator: Christian Egenolff
Modelbuch aller Art Nehens vn Stickens (Page 13r), 1535. From a book of designs

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