In the first edition of his Lives, late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari mentions only two of the paintings, Leda and the Swan (today at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) and one Venus (presumably the Danae currently in the Borghese Gallery of Rome), although he knew them only from descriptions provided by Giulio Romano.
In his initial biography, Lives, Giorgio Vasari only mentioned two paintings: Leda and the Swan, now on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, and one Venus, presumably the Danae in the Borghese Gallery in Rome. However, he was familiar with these works through written descriptions provided by Giulio Romano.