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Cecilia Gallerani
Cecilia Gallerani as The Lady with an Ermine, painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1489 and displayed at the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków
Born
early 1473
Siena, Republic of Siena
Died
1536 (aged 62–63)
Castle of San Giovanni in Croce, near Cremona, Italy
Nationality
Italian
Known for
being the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Lady with an Ermine being the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
Spouse
Ludovico Carminati de' Brambilla
(m. 1492; died 1514)
Children
by Ludovico Sforza Cesare Sforza by Ludovico Carminati de' Brambilla Giovan Pietro Girolamo Francesco Ascanio Maria Felice
Parent(s)
Fazio Gallerani Margherita Busti
Cecilia Gallerani (Italian pronunciation:[tʃeˈtʃiːljaɡalleˈraːni]; early 1473 – 1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Lady with an Ermine (circa 1489). While posing for the painting, she invited Leonardo, who at the time was working as court artist for Sforza, to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects. Cecilia herself presided over these discussions.
CeciliaGallerani (Italian pronunciation: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ɡalleˈraːni]; early 1473 – 1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of...
work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood. Its subject is CeciliaGallerani, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"), Duke of Milan; Leonardo...
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based on da Vinci's earlier depiction of CeciliaGallerani, in his painting, Lady with an Ermine. Gallerani had been an earlier mistress of Sforza. In...
by Ottaviano Lampugnani) and in 1534 Francesco Carminati, son of CeciliaGallerani, but the marriage was declared nullius for "spiritual relative". Sforza...
no close relationships with women except for his friendship with CeciliaGallerani and the two Este sisters, Beatrice and Isabella. While on a journey...
proposed as the subject of the painting, including Isabella of Aragon, CeciliaGallerani, Costanza d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla, Pacifica Brandano/Brandino...
1474) date unknown Hector Boece, Scottish philosopher (b. 1465) CeciliaGallerani, principal mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1473) Hiraga...
Raymond Stites suggested that Leonardo was romantically involved with CeciliaGallerani who was the subject of his painting Lady with an Ermine. One of the...
ISBN 1174382058.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Ady, Cecilia M.; Armstrong, Edward (1907). A History of Milan under the Sforza. Methuen...
Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (d. 1484) CeciliaGallerani, principal mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1536) January...
Pizzagalli, Daniela (2006). La dama con l'ermellino. Vita e passioni di CeciliaGallerani nella Milano di Ludovico. Translated by P. Drzymała (in Polish). Poznań:...
featuring ermine (a sign of their status equal to that of the nobility). CeciliaGallerani is depicted holding an ermine in her portrait, Lady with an Ermine...
Maria del Lentasio and its transfer, in 1497, to the mistress of Duca CeciliaGallerani. Under his supervision, both Bramante and Leonardo took part in the...
in France Paolo Parrasio (died 1545), Italian, Latin-language poet CeciliaGallerani (died 1536), Italian, Latin-language poet, a mistress of Ludovico...
to Pietro Carminati, Count "Bergamino," whose son Ludovico married CeciliaGallerani [formerly a favorite of Ludovico il Moro], a poet in Latin and the...
1474) date unknown Hector Boece, Scottish philosopher (b. 1465) CeciliaGallerani, principal mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1473) Hiraga...
CeciliaGallerani as The Lady with an Ermine, painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1489. This painting exemplifies Italian fashion in the 15th century...
the annotated compositional sketch, is notably similar to that of CeciliaGallerani in Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, although if this is a...
to the nineteen-year-old Isabella. He composed an effusive ode to CeciliaGallerani, the Lady with an Ermine in her portrait by Leonardo, "the envy of...
kept this office until 16 November 1496. From Eulalia Ravignano: Maria Cecilia, first wife of Gian Giordano Orsini, Lord of Bracciano; Lucrezia (according...
memorable portraits included those of noblewomen Ginevra de’ Benci and CeciliaGallerani. Raphael's surviving commission portraits are far more numerous than...
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