Leda and the Swan by Gerry Downes, Bronze and Phenolic, Unique, 5M high by 2.6M wide, Body, Figurative, Female, Animals and Birds sculpture

A monumental bronze and phenolic sculpture of a golden lady falling through the sky with a swan. The sculpture is mounted on a base and slim pole to give the impression that the piece is airborn.

In Greek mythology, the story of Leda and the Swan tells how Zeus, the king of the gods, disguised himself as a swan to seduce Leda, the Queen of Sparta, resulting in her laying eggs from which hatched Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twin brothers Castor and Pollux; notably, Leda conceived these children on the same night she slept with her husband, King Tyndareus, making some of the children Zeus’s offspring and others her husband’s. 

Suitable for a large garden or public display