Famous artists have drawn representations of Leda and the Swan throughout history, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Irish poet W.B. Yeats wrote a poem about the story, as well.
Leda and the Swan was a common subject of artwork in the ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.Both were destroyed by the volcanic burst of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.
The fresco represents the myth of Leda and the Swan. In the story, the Roman god Jupiter, takes the form of the bird, the swan. It has sex with the mortal girl Leda, who becomes pregnant.
Some legends say they were hatched from eggs, and while there are a number of stories about the divinity or mortality of her children, Leda's encounter with the swan always stays the same.