Lady With An Ermine. Leonardo da Vinci The Lady with an Ermine National Museum in Cracow Cracow Poland. Dama z gronostajem is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci from around 14891490 and one of Polands national treasures.
Princess Czartoryski rescued it from the invading Russian army in 1830 then dispatched it to Dresden and afterwards to Czartoryski family in exile in Paris before returning it to Krakow in 1882. The painting was purchased ca. This is typical of Waterhouses work.
Leonardo was probaly in the service of the Duke when this was painted.
This work was created in 1483-1487 by Leonardo da Vinci Figure 1 a. The portrait depicts a young and beautiful woman known as Cecilia Gallerani. Lady with an Ermine leaves very little to the imagination and even less for the poet to contemplate. She is holding a white ermine in her arms the dukes heraldic animal.