Czartoryski Museum — Kraków, Poland
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Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, 1490
Apparently the ermine isn't just a pet — it was Duke Ludovico Sforza's personal emblem, and its Greek name is close enough to Cecilia Gallerani's own surname that people read it as a pun on both of them.
Erisava: The way her hand rests on the ermine looks so gentle it barely seems painted.