Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani)

ID: #2291 | TOP 20 | Renaissance | Portraits

Date: 1496
Medium: oil on board
Location: Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland

The lady with the ermine is said to be the effigy of Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of Lodovico Sforza. One of the ways in which the ermine in the painting is interpreted is a pun on her surname (ermine in Greek is galay).

Vinci painted picture Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) in 1496. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). He was an important Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician and inventor. He is even considered the greatest humanist of all time. His works are special and innovative thanks to the search of compositional balance, the movement of characters and perspectives achieved by the play of light and colour. He used a distinctive colour blending technique known as sfumato. His attempt to capture the character, mood and expression of people was also significant. Among his most famous works are The Last Supper, Lady with an Ermine, Self Portrait and of course Mona Lisa, which is one of the most famous works of art in the history of painting.