EPISODE EIGHT: A SHUDDER
LEDA AND THE SWAN
One of my favorite paintings of a subject from Greek Mythology, painted by Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi - “Bachiacca” to his friends - for the Medici family in Florence in 1525.
THE MARRIAGE OF PELEUS AND THETIS
LEDAS IN THE LOUVRE
Also mentioned in this episode:
“Ganymede” by Franz Schubert to a poem by Johann Goethe
“Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren” by Franz Schubert to a poem by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer