Lady With An Ermine. The object of the research is the painting Lady with an Ermine. Intricate brushwork and detail.
Gallerani is widely recognised as the mistress of the Duke of Milan or Ludovico Sforza. Dated circa 1489 1490 this was the time when Leonardo da Vinci was under the service of. She is holding a white ermine in her arms the dukes heraldic animal.
Lady with an Ermine leaves very little to the imagination and even less for the poet to contemplate.
Leonardo da Vinci The Lady with an Ermine National Museum in Cracow Cracow Poland. It was painted at a time when she was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan and Leonardo was in the Dukes service. It was moved frequently during the course of the 19th century. The portrait is now in the Czartoryski Muzeum in the Polish city of Krakow.