Titre : Leda and the swan of Leonardo da Vinci from the Wilton House collection Auteurs : Annalisa Di Maria, Jean-Charles Pomerol, Nathalie Popis, Revue : Art and Science Numéro : Issue 1 Volume : 7 Date : 2023/03/8 DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0940 ISSN : 2515-8767 Résumé : This publication aims to update the complicated history regarding the acquisitions of the works of Leonardo da Vinci by French royalty. We try to clarify this story using available sources, by highlighting errors in the inventories, more specifically, concerning the painting “Leda and the swan” by Leonardo da Vinci, considered lost, but we show that it being maintained at the Wilton House in England. The study of this painting of great finesse is characteristic of da Vinci’s scientific spirit, his attachment to Greek antiquity and his faithful Neoplato Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience