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	Lady with an Ermine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its subject is Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.
		Leonardo met Cecilia Gallerani in Milan in 1484 while both were living in Castello Sforzesco, the Palace of Lodovico Sforza or "Il Moro".
		As in many of Leonardo's portraits the composition comprises of a pyramidic spiral and the sitter is caught in the motion of turning to her left, reflecting Leonardo's life-long preoccupation with the dynamics of movement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lady_with_Ermine (421 words)

	Cecilia Gallerani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Lady with an Ermine." While posing for the painting, she came to appreciate Leonardo and came to understand him.
		Cecilia invited Leonardo to meetings in which scholars and the wisepeople of Milan, discussed philosophy and other subjects.
		Cecilia was a very gifted person, who spoke Latin fluently, sang beautifully, was a gifted musician, and wrote poetry.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecilia_Gallerani (193 words)

	Gruppo bancario Credito Valtellinese
		Cecilia was born in a large family from Siena, around 1473.
		Cecilia was probably educated by her brothers' tutor, as we know that she had studied literature and Latin.
		Cecilia agreed, making however clear that the portrait was no longer a good likeness because she had changed her appearance since the time when it had been painted ("per esser fatto esso ritratto in una età sì imperfecta che io ho poi cambiata tutta quella effigie".
	www.creval.it /gallerie_en/eventi/cecilia.htm (495 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci, Cecilia Gallerani with an Ermine (1488-90) - Czartoryski Museum, Krakow, Poland
		It is a painting of Cecilia Gallerani, who was the mistress of Lodovico Sforza of Milan.
		Leonardo met Cecilia Gallerani in Milan in 1484 while both were living in Castello Sforzesco, the Palace of Ludovico " Il Moro" Sforza.
		She was the Duke's mistress; young and beautiful (she was only 15 years old), Cecilia played music and wrote poetry.
	www.westlord.com /leonardodavinci/cecilia.html (222 words)

	Leonardo DaVinci
		Despite her young age at the time of this portrait, Cecilia had already been seduced by Lodovico, had borne him a son and held a very commanding position at court.
		Cecilia replied on the 29th April saying she would have sent it with even greater pleasure if it had been more like her.
		She begged the Marchioness not to think this was the fault of 'the master', explaining it was done when she was very young and since that time she had changed so much no one would recognise it as being her.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /leonardo/ermine.html (880 words)

	Universität Leipzig > Institut für Kunstgeschichte > Kontakt > Prof. Dr. Frank Zöllner > ...
		Born Cecilia Bergamini in 1473, at the age of ten she was betrothed (pro verba) to Giovanni Stefano Visconti.
		In order to avoid angering his future wife Beatrice, in February 1491 Cecilia was removed from the ducal place as a precaution and taken to a new location, where on 3 May she gave birth to a son, Cesare.
		Compared with the more elegant portraits of the Belle Ferronière and Cecilia Gallerani, the painting of the young man looking out of the picture towards the right seems rather wooden, partly due to the fact that the musician's upper body is facing in the same direction as his gaze.
	www.uni-leipzig.de /~kuge/zoellner/e-publikationen/2003-2t_gb.htm (6338 words)

	Minority Culture and Creative Anxiety 3 - Re-inventing Britain - Education - The British Council United Kingdom
		With Cecilia Gallerani it is different: it is precisely her uncertainty, her enigmatic look away from the frame, that conveys il concetto dell'anima (the intentions of the subject's mind).
		Cecilia's subtle glance away establishes or is emblematic of a whole tradition of looking at art and culture.
		And it is, ironically, through her distracted gaze that the spectator of 'Circa 1492' is first inscribed and then held to the ideology and iconography of Renaissance, eurocentric 'humanness' that lies behind the attempt to present cultural difference in marvellous parallels.
	www.britishcouncil.org /studies/reinventing_britain/bhabha_3.htm (1528 words)

	JS Online: Portraits of 3 set women free in art
		The lady, Cecilia Gallerani, is gazing at something viewers can't see, and her likeness is brightened and made more dynamic by window light.
		Sforza, the ruler of Milan, was Gallerani's lover but did not marry her.
		"Gallerani was recognized as a poet and moved freely in men's circles of Florentine art and Milanese society.
	www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/arts/aug02/70310.asp (910 words)

	Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine) by LEONARDO da Vinci
		Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine) by LEONARDO da Vinci
		Cecilia Gallerani is holding the heraldic animal of Ludovico il Moro in her arms.
		She was his favourite and gave birth to his child in the same year as he married Beatrice d'Este.
	www.wga.hu /html/l/leonardo/02/4ermine.html (117 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci-Connie's Violin Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The painting "Lady with an Ermine" is generally thought to be a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, the current mistress of Duke Ludovica Sforza (1451-1508), called "the Moor" because of his dark hair and skin.
		He seduced Cecilia Gallerani, a Milanese girl of noble birth, when she was 14.
		She played the lute, wrote poetry, was very pretty, and was referred to as "Sappho," though that designation was actually more a form of flattery, since she was the first lady of the duchy and was much admired for keeping the duke’s attention and loyalty, despite her youth.
	www.geocities.com /conniesunday/leonardo.html (633 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ginevra de' Benci, Lisa Giocondo, and Cecilia Gallerani are all major stars: they are the subjects of the three extant portraits of women by Leonardo da Vinci.
		Cecilia has been caught in a moment when her attention was diverted by something off to her left; the ermine she holds looks in the same direction.
		Cecilia radiates an energy, a liveliness, an intelligence that make her by far the da Vinci woman one would have liked most to know.
	www.culturevulture.net /ArtandArch2/Poland.htm (874 words)

	Gruppo bancario Credito Valtellinese
		Nel 1483 Cecilia fu promessa in sposa a Stefano Visconti, ma il fidanzamento fu rotto nel 1487.
		Nel maggio 1489 la Gallerani abbandona la casa di famiglia e si trasferisce presso il Monastero Nuovo: fu probabilmente in questo periodo che si legò sentimentalmente a Ludovico Sforza, detto il Moro, che frequentò assiduamente fino al 1492.
		Cecilia acconsente ma precisa che il ritratto non le assomiglia più "per esser fatto esso ritratto in una età sì imperfecta che io ho poi cambiata tutta quella effigie".
	www.creval.it /gallerie/eventi/cecilia.htm (462 words)

	Thais - Leonardo pittore
		Despite a slight expression of defiance, Cecilia Gallerani, the sixteen year-old mistress of Ludovico il Moro, could not certainly bring a mink, the symbol of cunning or a preying beech martin as a present to him.
		Cecilia’s greatly praised (elegant, tapering) right hand has excessive fingers; the left hand is one of Leonardo’s typically unfinished works.
		Cecilia Gallerani, sedicenne amante di Ludovico il Moro, malgrado l’espressione un po’ di sfida non poteva certo portare in dono al Moro una donnola, simbolo di furbizia, o una faina predatrice.
	www.thais.it /speciali/Leonardo/md_res/scheda15.htm (789 words)

	Ozzie's letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		By tradition, the ermine is supposed to be a visual pun on the resemblance of the lady's name, Cecilia Gallerani, to the Greek galeé (weasel, marten-cat, or ferret).
		Since Cecilia was Lodovico's mistress, her caresses for the ermine were really intended for him.
		Cecilia would be bestowing her favors not on Lodovico, but on an impostor, a big, shifty-looking male ferret playing the part of an ermine.
	govt.mckenna.edu /welliott/family/ozzie.htm (830 words)

	MFAH Exhibitions
		Leonardo´s Lady with an Ermine depicts Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan.
		To Leonardo the ermine was a symbol of moderation and purity.
		The animal is also a pun on the sitter´s surname, because the Greek word for ermine (galee) is similar to the Italian "Gallerani." In addition, the ermine also serves as an emblem of the duke, having been endowed with the Order of the Ermine in 1488.
	www.mfah.org /exhibition.asp?par1=1&par2=3&par3=98&par6=3&par4=503&lgc=4¤tPage=1 (431 words)

	Lady with an Ermine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is one of only three female portraits he painted, and is in better condition than most of his other paintings: a door in the background was overpainted, a transparent veil on the model's head was turned to an extravagant hairdo, and several fingers were grossly retouched.
		Leonardo met Cecilia Gallerani in Milan in 1484 while both were living in Castello Sforzesco, the Palace of Ludovico "Il Moro" Sforza.
		When he was commissioned to paint her portrait in 1485, he represented her holding an ermine either as a pun on her name (the Greek for ermine is galay) or because Ludovico Sforza's emblem was "L'Ermellino", though it is also read as a symbol of purity.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Lady-with-an-Ermine.htm (314 words)

	The Ermine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It seems to me that though the ermine looks particularly large in Cecilia's arms, we must remember that she is very young in this painting, and thus it makes sense for an animal of that size to fill a little girl's arms.
		However, given the age of Cecilia, and the irony of her name and Lodovico's badge, it is almost undisputable that this is, in fact, an ermine in the portrait.
		For Leonardo, the ermine was not only a symbol of chastity to describe Cecilia Gallerani, but it also served as a pun on her name.
	f01.middlebury.edu /FS010A/STUDENTS/n075.htm (1422 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Leonardo - Mona Lisa
		One theory suggests it shows a young lady named Cecilia Gallerani, who would have been just seventeen when when this picture was painted.
		Cecilia was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza - the Duke of Milan - until Ludovico settled down and married another woman.
		If the model was Cecilia, then the Ermine in the picture may have had a special meaning.
	www.bbc.co.uk /science/leonardo/gallery/ladyermine.shtml (271 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci: Female Portraits, Female Nature
		Acclaimed for her incomparable beauty and sparkling intelligence, Gallerani was noted for her ability to carry on learned discussions with famous theologians and philosophers.
		Tradition has described Cecilia Gallerani as the duke's mistress, but it is difficult to reconcile her high social status and intellectual renown with the previously clandestine and inferior position of mistresses at court.
		More likely, Gallerani's position at the Sforza court was as an early instance of the courtesan, the new type emerging in the late fifteenth century who --in contrast to the silent, chaste, and obedient wife-- was rhetorically celebrated as intelligent, accomplished, outspoken, and sensual.
	employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/Arth213/Leonardo_garrard.html (3883 words)

	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The: Sophisticated 'Lady' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She is "Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)," painted in 1489-'90 by artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci (1452- 1519).
		Its subject, Cecilia Gallerani, was a woman of the court who happened to be the duke's mistress.
		Central to this very civilized resolution of a potentially troublesome romantic liaison was that Gallerani had borne the duke a child.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20020901/ai_n10811128 (1502 words)

	Czartoryski
		Leonardo da Vinci met Cecilia Gallerani in Milan in 1494 while both were living in Castello Sforzesco, the Palace of Ludovico " Il Moro" Sforza.
		When Ludovico Sforza married Isabella D'Este Cecilia had to leave the Palace but took the portrait with her.
		Il Moro gave her a dowry and a castle outside Milan where she spent the rest of her life with her husband Count Pergamino.
	www.czartoryski.org /lady.htm (119 words)

	LiberOnWeb - Dama con l'ermellino (La)
		Cecilia Gallerani, appartenente a una famiglia di notabili di origine toscana, divenuta a sedici anni amante di Ludovico il Moro e accolta nella corte milanese, nella quale brillò per eleganza e cultura.
		La storia d'amore di Ludovico e Cecilia s'intreccia al romanzo di un'epoca splendida e tragica, sul crinale tra il fulgore del Rinascimento e la rovina politica della Lombardia e dell'Italia, preda di guerra disputata tra francesi e spagnoli.
		Seguendo le tracce della Gallerani, in questa nuova edizione ampliata l'autrice ci conduce per le strade e nelle case della Milano del XV e XVI secolo, tra i personaggi della corte e tra i grandi della storia che ebbero in mano il destino della città.
	www.liberonweb.com /asp/libro.asp?ISBN=8817107131 (304 words)

	The Lady with the Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) by de Vinci, Leonardo Reproduction Oil Painting Fine Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rumored to be the mistress of the Duke of Milan, Cecilia Gallerani was a noted intellectual of her time.
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	www.prestigefineart.com /db/ptgdetail.pl?HiddenPNum=P163 (324 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cecilia Gallerani
		See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page.
		She was the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Lady with an Ermine." While posing for the painting stated, she came to appreciate Leonardo and came to understand him.
		Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cecilia-Gallerani (383 words)

	Exibart,
		Nel dipinto che ritrae Cecilia Gallerani, conservato nel Museo Czartoryski di Cracovia, sono state identificate alcune impronte digitali di Leonardo
		Le tracce dei polpastrelli di Leonardo sono state rinvenute sulla collana che cinge il collo della Gallerani.
		In tal modo l'artista poteva ottenere particolari effetti di sfumato, di morbidezza e di ombre, come accade per la collana che indossa la Gallerani.
	www.exibart.com /Print/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=1219&IDCategoria=52 (371 words)

	Fine Art Portraits in Oil by Dave Turner—Portrait of the Month
		This portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, young mistress of Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, is one of three famous Leonardo portraits, the other two being of Ginevra de' Benci (at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) and Lisa Gherardini (the Mona Lisa, at The Louvre, Paris).
		The ermine's white fur was a symbol of chastity and purity and the animal was one of the emblems on the Duke's coat of arms.
		Leonardo has rendered Cecilia's gaze, turning from shadow to light, and the animal's predatory expression with equal mastery.
	www.portraitsbyturner.com /monthly.htm (194 words)

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		It is generally assumed that the Portrait of the Musician belongs to Leonardo's early years in Milan and it is often dated around 1485, though it could be as late as the 1490s.
		Leonardo da Vinci, Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine) (c.1483)
		His portraits of Cecilia Gallerani (the Lady with an Ermine) and his Musician are perfect examples of his putting such theories into practice.
	web.tiscali.it /njross/musico.htm (657 words)

	The Portraits
		The ermine would die rather than soil itself.
		*Cecilia turns and reacts, a gentle smile of welcome sparkling in her eyes and playing across the corners of her mouth as she glances at a companion outside the formal limits of her picture space.
		the primary pools of light reflect with wonderful subtlety from form to form: the coat of the ermine casts a secondary radiance on Cecilia’s* hand and arm; her neck and chin play intricate games with bouncing light; and the ermine's cheek shines softly through its veiling shadow.
	www.geocities.com /rr17bb/Portraits.html (1679 words)

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		Lady with the Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Oil on wood during the The High Renaissance epoch in 1485-1490.
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