Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 | BACK |
Lady with an Ermine 1490 oil on wood 55x40cm Czartorychi Museum, Cracow Click here to order a handmade reproduction of this work! |
This portrait of Ludovico Sforza's most important mistress has a dynamism that goes far beyond the conventions applying to portraiture in Milan at the time. The ermine was regarded as a symbo of purtiy and virtue, but was also an allusion to Ludovico Sforza, Cecilia's lover. |
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