“I would send it with greater pleasure if it were more like me. But your Highness must not think that this is due to any defect in the master himself, for in truth I believe there is no painter ...

French scientist Pascal Cotte has astounded art historians with a major discovery about Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Lady With an Ermine (1489-90), the BBC reports. Until now, it had been a ...

One persistent hypothesis surrounding “Woman With an Ermine” is that the female subject of the painting was actually pregnant at the time. “But the examination of the contour of the dress ...

A history of Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-Century portrait, “Lady With an Ermine,” is also a history of modern Europe. Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani or Lady with an Ermine, 1488-1490 ...

Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), owned by the Princes Czartoryski Foundation, is considered by many to be the most precious artwork in Polish collections. The painting, purchased ...