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Cecilia Gallerani (Italian pronunciation: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ɡalleˈraːni]; early 1473 – 1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Lady with an Ermine (circa 1489).
Oil on walnut panel. Subject. Cecilia Gallerani. Dimensions. 54 cm × 39 cm (21 in × 15 in) Location. Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland. The Lady with an Ermine [n 1] is a portrait painting widely attributed to the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491, the work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood.
Sep 21, 2020 · Cecilia Gallerani became an esteemed author, musician, and patron of the arts. She lived to an old age and even befriended Beatrice’s older sister Isabella d’Este, one of the most influential women of the Italian Renaissance. About the portrait. Cecilia’s bright, alert expression gives us the illusion of immediacy.
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Mar 17, 2024 · 1. The Ermine Wasn’t Always There (And It Could Mean Many Things) A drawing of Cecilia Gallerani by Leonardo da Vinci (15th century). A live ermine may not seem like a natural accessory for a young lady, but it wasn’t quite as odd in Renaissance Italy.
Dec 9, 2023 · The portrait Lady with an ermine (1489-1490) by Leonardo Da Vinci depicts Cecilia Gallerani, the teenage mistress of Ludovico Sforza, the regent and later the Duke of Milan. While some scholars doubted this identification, ample evidence affirms Cecilia Gallerani is the subject of Lady with an ermine .
- Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland
May 23, 2022 · A self-possessed teenager gazes out from the velvety depths of Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait, her face luminous and inscrutable. Her name is almost certainly Cecilia Gallerani, but she is better...
Cecilia Gallerani is imagined as an ideal of beauty. But why is she holding this unusual animal - an ermine, or a stoat in its winter coat? Ludovico Sforza was often called “the White Ermine”...
