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Lady with an Ermine
Lady with an Ermine
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.