Lady With An Ermine. It depicts a mistress of the Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza Cecilia Gallerani. Lady with an Ermine leaves very little to the imagination and even less for the poet to contemplate.
One of Leonardo da Vincis female portraits is the Lady with an Ermine which portrays an image of a woman identified to be Cecilia Gallerani who was the mistress of the Duke of Milan. It was painted at a time when she was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan and Leonardo was in the Dukes service. B Image obtained by moving three details.
There is no frill no embellishment nothing to tickle ones fancy.
For some reason we find that refreshing in an age where many contemporary artists give us lofty titles followed by pages of artistic statements to describe or dare we say. 21 x 15 inches Current ownership. The painting was for his mother a keen collector and the foundress of the Czartoryski Museum. The famous white ermine is actually a reference to Ludovico who was decorated with the Neapolitan Order of the Ermine in 1488 by Ferdinand I King of Naples hence he was also referred to as the White Ermine Ermellino Bianco.