Lady with an Ermine
Leonardo da Vinci · 1490
Why it's great
A young woman cradles a white, stoat-like animal called an ermine in her arm, and both of them turn to look at something off to the side. Leonardo da Vinci painted Cecilia Gallerani in about 1490, and the animal was a symbol of purity and also a pun on her name.
Where to see it
📍 Czartoryski MuseumKraków, Poland
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor and scientist, born in 1452. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and filled thousands of notebook pages with drawings of flying machines, anatomy, water and plants. He died in France in 1519.
