Lady with an Ermine (Full)

Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Lady with an Ermine · Leonardo da Vinci · 1490.

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Unframed at this size — framing is available on 16×24 and 24×36.

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About this work

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
Year: c. 1489–1491
Medium: Oil on walnut panel
Original size: 54.8 × 40.3 cm
Collection: Czartoryski Museum (National Museum in Kraków)
Movement: Renaissance

A young woman turns to look at something outside the picture, cradling a white ermine whose alert head and raised paw echo her own pose. The sitter is Cecilia Gallerani, the educated sixteen-year-old mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, at whose court Leonardo was working when he painted the portrait around 1489 to 1491. The ermine was Ludovico's emblem and a pun on the Greek word for Cecilia's surname. It is one of only four portraits of women by Leonardo and the first in which the sitter moves and reacts rather than posing in profile. The black background was added later. The panel was bought in Italy around 1800 by Prince Adam Czartoryski and is now in the National Museum in Kraków.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×16, 18×24 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Lady with an Ermine in the public domain?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Czartoryski Museum (National Museum in Kraków).

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Lady with an Ermine painted, and in what medium?

Lady with an Ermine dates from c. 1489–1491 and was made in oil on walnut panel; the original measures 54.8 × 40.3 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Lady with an Ermine · Leonardo da Vinci · 1490. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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