Léda et le cygne
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Léda et le cygne is a mythological painting depicting the Greek legend of Leda and Zeus transformed into a swan, created in the highly symbolic and ornate style characteristic of Gustave Moreau.
All labels observed (1)
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| Léda et le cygne canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11022422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Léda et le cygne Context triple: [Musée Gustave Moreau, notableWorkInCollection, Léda et le cygne]
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Hippolyte et Aricie
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 French Baroque opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s tragedy Phèdre and noted for its rich orchestration and innovative harmony.
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B.
Persée et Andromède
Persée et Andromède is a short prose piece by Jules Laforgue that retells the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda in his characteristically ironic, symbolist style.
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Cadmus et Hermione
Cadmus et Hermione is a 1673 French tragédie en musique by Jean-Baptiste Lully, often regarded as the first true French opera and a landmark in the development of the genre.
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D.
Sonnets pour Hélène
Sonnets pour Hélène is a celebrated sequence of French Renaissance love sonnets by Pierre de Ronsard, renowned for its lyrical exploration of unrequited love and the passage of time.
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E.
Phaedra
Phaedra is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess and later queen of Athens best known for her tragic love for her stepson Hippolytus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Léda et le cygne Target entity description: Léda et le cygne is a mythological painting depicting the Greek legend of Leda and Zeus transformed into a swan, created in the highly symbolic and ornate style characteristic of Gustave Moreau.
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A.
Hippolyte et Aricie
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 French Baroque opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s tragedy Phèdre and noted for its rich orchestration and innovative harmony.
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B.
Persée et Andromède
Persée et Andromède is a short prose piece by Jules Laforgue that retells the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda in his characteristically ironic, symbolist style.
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C.
Cadmus et Hermione
Cadmus et Hermione is a 1673 French tragédie en musique by Jean-Baptiste Lully, often regarded as the first true French opera and a landmark in the development of the genre.
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D.
Sonnets pour Hélène
Sonnets pour Hélène is a celebrated sequence of French Renaissance love sonnets by Pierre de Ronsard, renowned for its lyrical exploration of unrequited love and the passage of time.
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E.
Phaedra
Phaedra is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess and later queen of Athens best known for her tragic love for her stepson Hippolytus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
highly symbolic
ⓘ
ornate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Symbolism
ⓘ
linked to:
French symbolism
|
| basedOn |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
myth of Leda and the Swan ⓘ
linked to:
Leda
|
| belongsToCategory |
Symbolist paintings
ⓘ
paintings based on classical mythology ⓘ paintings by Gustave Moreau ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Gustave Moreau ⓘ |
| creatorArtMovement | Symbolism ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| culturalContext | 19th-century French art ⓘ |
| depicts |
Leda
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Zeus ⓘ swan ⓘ |
| depictsCharacterFrom | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| genre | Symbolism ⓘ |
| hasFigure |
bird
ⓘ
female nude ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalTheme | seduction of Leda by Zeus ⓘ |
| iconography | swan embracing a woman ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance depictions of Leda and the Swan
ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| mainSubject | encounter between Leda and Zeus as a swan ⓘ |
| movement |
Symbolist movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Symbolist movement in art
|
| mythologicalCharactersIncluded |
Leda
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Zeus ⓘ Zeus in the form of a swan ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | myth of Zeus’s seduction of Leda ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | French ⓘ |
| period | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | mythological love scene ⓘ |
| theme |
divine intervention in human affairs
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eroticism ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ |
| title | Léda et le cygne ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Leda and the Swan ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
swan as Zeus
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linked to:
swan form of Zeus
|
| visualCharacteristics |
complex symbolic details
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elaborate decorative background ⓘ rich ornamentation ⓘ |
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Subject: Léda et le cygne Description of subject: Léda et le cygne is a mythological painting depicting the Greek legend of Leda and Zeus transformed into a swan, created in the highly symbolic and ornate style characteristic of Gustave Moreau.
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