Lady with an Ermine Print by Da VinciThe Story Behind the Lady with an Ermine Print by Da Vinci The portrait of a Lady with an Ermine print, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci around 1489 1491 was painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood. This masterpiece of Renaissance art is of Cecilia Gallerani, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan. It is the second of only four surviving Renaissance portraits of women painted by Da Vinci, another being the legendary Mona Lisa. The Lady with an

during the Easter mass of 1478

The Mona Lisa print was acquired by King Francis I of France and has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797

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and a captivating charm

adventurous period of his life and looks toward a more responsible phase of his life

It illustrates the birth of Venus as a fully formed Goddess arriving on the shore

It is an imposing picture

who specialised in Ukiyo-e

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