Among the most famous paintings in the world for their beauty, the “Lady with an Ermine” by #Leonardo da Vinci, is also known for the controversial stories that are handed down on its realization.

☞ Do you know…

‣ The most widely accepted hypothesis today sees in the woman Cecilia Gallerani, lover of Ludovico “the Moor” – Duke of Milan – when he was invested with the position of #knight of the Order of Ermine by the King of Naples

‣ The harmony of this image is given by the care and minuteness with which the details of the face, the animal and the typical vestments are represented.
Clothes in particular are depicted with scrupulous precision and refined mastery: the sleeves which were the most elaborate part of the dress at the time and that #lace on the forehead – highlighted in red – usual element because necessary to stop the veil, here of the same color of the collected hair

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⇒ Date: 1489-1490

⇒ Material: Oil on walnut panel

⇒ Dimensions: 54 cm × 39 cm (21 in × 15 in)

⇒ Site: Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland