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Lady with an Ermine
by
Leonardo da Vinci
Lady with an Ermine
by
Leonardo da Vinci
Credit:
Leonardo da Vinci
Lady with an Ermine
is an oil-on-wood painting by
Leonardo da Vinci
from ca. 1490. One of only four female portraits by Leonardo, its subject is identified as
Cecilia Gallerani
, a 16-year-old mistress of
Ludovico Sforza
, Duke of
Milan
. The painting was acquired in 1798 by Prince
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
, a Polish aristocrat, and now belongs to the
National Museum
in
Kraków
.
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