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The Lady with an Ermine [n 1] is a portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491, the work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood.
Sep 21, 2020 · The Lady with the Ermine was at the top of their list. After Nazi soldiers located the picture hidden inside a walled-up compartment in one of the Czartoryski family’s country estates, the portrait soon became a pawn in an epic power struggle among several high-ranking Nazi officers.
In painting “The Lady with an Ermine”, da Vinci created the first modern portrait in the history of art, surpassing the traditions of the time. It was also one of just four portraits of women...
Jul 4, 2021 · Da Vinci was commissioned to paint Lady with an Ermine by his patron of 10 years, Ludovico Sforza (1452 – 1508), the Duke of Milan. (He was the same person who commissioned the mural painting, The Last Supper). The subject of the portrait is Sforza's 16-year-old mistress, Cecilia Gallerani.
Mar 17, 2024 · By the time Italian Renaissance art patron Isabella d’Este asked Cecilia Gallerani if she might borrow Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady With an Ermine, a portrait of Gallerani painted nearly a decade earlier, Gallerani was convinced of two things.
It is well documented that Leonardo did paint a portrait of Ludovico Maria Sforza’s mistress Cecelia Gallerani now famously known as ‘The Lady with an Ermine.’ From the tender age of ten, Cecelia had been betrothed to Giovanni Stefano Visconti, but the payments of her dowry had not been met and the vows of the couple were dissolved.
Lady with an Ermine has been heavily over-painted. The entire background was darkened, her dress below the ermine was retouched and a transparent veil being worn by the woman was repainted to match the colour of her hair.
