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The
Lady with an Ermine
is a
portrait painting
widely attributed to the
Italian Renaissance
artist
Leonardo da Vinci
. Dated to around 1489 to 1491, the work is
painted in oils
on a panel of
walnut wood
. Its subject is
Cecilia Gallerani
, a mistress of
Ludovico Sforza
,
Duke of Milan
; Leonardo was painter to the Sforza court in
Milan
at the time of its execution. It is the second of only four surviving portraits of women painted by Leonardo, the others being
Ginevra de' Benci
,
La Belle Ferronnière
, and the
Mona Lisa
. The painting now hangs in the
Czartoryski Museum
in
Kraków
, Poland.
Painting credit:
Leonardo da Vinci
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