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File:De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4.jpeg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4.jpeg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 29, 2017. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2017-04-29. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:57, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The Threatened Swan is an oil painting made around 1650 by Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Asselijn. Depicting a life-size swan defending its nest, it has been interpreted as an allegory of grand pensionary Johan de Witt protecting the Netherlands from its enemies. The work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.Painting: Jan Asselijn

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Leda and the Swan

The articles says: Also, based on a recent speculation, it represents Zeus in the story of Leda and the Swan. But according to an expert we spoke yesterday at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in front of the original, the omission of any female in the painting makes this interpretation very unlikely. The current idea is, that Asselijn wanted to be hired as a painter for the new city hall where several other animal paintings were commissioned, and the mayor Cornelis de Graeff (incidentally, an uncle of Johan de Witt's wife) had the swan in his family's coat of arms. There is no indication that this painting has ever been in a context of Greek mythology. But any reference to an article with these speculation would be interesting. Otherwise I would suggest removing that sentence from the article. Schweick (talk) 10:25, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree and have removed as dubious. Ceoil (talk) 22:48, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]