Lady with an Ermine

Leonardo da Vinci

c. 1489–1491 · Oil on walnut panel · Czartoryski Museum

Size2:3 ratio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A small panel with a black ground and one pale figure, meant for eye level and close range: a hallway, stairwell or study at 16×24 in black. It holds a dark wall well and pairs with the Mona Lisa for two Leonardo portraits.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
Era: 15th century (c. 1489–1491)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: intimate
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. 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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. 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?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Lady with an Ermine we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

An exhibition poster of Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine — the whole portrait under a huge tracked surname banner on a deep ground from the work. One of only a handful of Leonardo portraits, framed as a museum exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

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