LOOK CLOSER: The Detail That Proves Leonardo Was A GENIUS

ULTRAZOOM into the LADY WITH AN ERMINE and discover the details, brushstrokes, colors and hidden visual elements that are easy to miss in Leonardo da Vinci’s extraordinary portrait.

Painted around 1489–1491 in Milan, the Lady with an Ermine portrays Cecilia Gallerani, a young woman at the court of Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo transforms a seemingly simple portrait into something remarkably alive: her twisting pose, enigmatic expression, delicate hands and the mysterious ermine all seem to suggest a story unfolding beyond the frame.

Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, c. 1489–1491
Oil on walnut panel, 54 × 39 cm
National Museum in Kraków, Poland

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