Lady with an Ermine
Also known as Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, Lady with an Ermine – Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (ca. 1473–1536), The Lady with an Ermine, Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Key facts
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Year
- 1489–1491
- Medium
- Oil on walnut panel
- Subject
- Cecilia Gallerani
- Dimensions
- 54.8 cm × 40.3 cm (21.6 in × 15.9 in)
- Location
- Czartoryski Museum , Kraków , Poland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Lady with an Ermine - Leonardo da Vinci - Google Art Project.jpg
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The Lady with an Ermine 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. Its subject is Cecilia Gallerani, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"), Duke of Milan; Leonardo was painter to the Sforza court in Milan at the time of its execution. It is the second of only four surviving portraits of women painted by Leonardo, the others being Ginevra de' Benci, La Belle Ferronnière and the Mona Lisa.
Lady with an Ermine is now in the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, and is considered one of Poland's national treasures.