Lady with an Ermine

E120012

Renaissance painting painting portrait painting

Lady with an Ermine is a renowned Renaissance portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting Cecilia Gallerani holding a white ermine.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lady with an Ermine canonical	2
Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci	1
Leonardo da Vinci – Lady with an Ermine	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Renaissance portraiture ⓘ one of Leonardo da Vinci's major portraits ⓘ
catalogueStatus	attributed with certainty to Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
collection	Czartoryski Museum ⓘ
commissionContext	Lordship of Milan ⓘ surface form: court of Milan
commissionedBy	Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
creator	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
currentOwner	Republic of Poland ⓘ surface form: Polish state
depictionDetail	sitter turned to the right ⓘ three-quarter view of sitter ⓘ
depicts	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ ermine ⓘ white ermine ⓘ
depictsAnimal	ermine ⓘ
depictsPerson	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ
genre	portrait ⓘ
height	54 cm ⓘ
iconography	symbolic use of ermine ⓘ
inception	circa 1489 ⓘ circa 1490 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
location	Kraków ⓘ
material	oil on wood ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	High Renaissance ⓘ
museumCity	Kraków ⓘ
museumCountry	Poland ⓘ
notableFeature	dark background ⓘ detailed rendering of hands ⓘ subtle modeling of light and shadow ⓘ
orientation	portrait orientation ⓘ
originalTitle	Dama con l'ermellino ⓘ
owner	Czartoryski Museum ⓘ surface form: Czartoryski family collection
patron	Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
period	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
placeOfCreation	Milan ⓘ
subjectName	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ
subjectRole	mistress of Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
subjectSex	female ⓘ
support	wood panel ⓘ
technique	sfumato ⓘ
title	Lady with an Ermine self-link ⓘ
width	40 cm ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonardo da Vinci → notableWork → Lady with an Ermine ⓘ

National Museum in Kraków → notableWorkInCollection → Lady with an Ermine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci

Lady with an Ermine → title → Lady with an Ermine self-link ⓘ

Czartoryski family → collectionIncludes → Lady with an Ermine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonardo da Vinci – Lady with an Ermine