Leonardo da Vinci, portrait painting, Lady with an Ermine, circa 1490

---

The portrait's subject is Cecilia Gallerani, painted at a time when she was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo was in the Duke's service. It is one of only four portraits of women painted by Leonardo Da Vinci

---

Size: 4257px × 5800px
Location: On view at the National Museum in Krakow, Poland
Photo credit: © ICP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1400s, 1490, 1490s, 15th, archive, art, artwork, belle, cecilia, century, circa, da, distemper, ermine, ferronniè, fine, gallerani, historical, history, italian, italy, la, lady, leonardo, mink, oil, painter, painters, painting, paintings, panel, portrait, portraits, renaissance, vinci, weasel