Copy of the Leda of Timotheos

The many replicas of this group which have been discovered, all bearing the type of the second Athenian school, prove how great a value was attached to this sculpture by the ancients. The youthful figure is rising from the rock on which she was seated, and is in the act of hiding under her mantle Jupiter disguised as a swan, in order to defend him from the eagle by which he is pursued. Under Leda's left foot is a footstool. The execution is carefully carried out.

Inv. nr. 60. H. 1.62. Excavated in 1864.