My Impression of the lady with the Ermine

This is my Impression of the lady with the Ermine. What is written about the painting The first of Leonardo da Vinci’s women portraits, painted in Milan around 1479, presents 15-year-old Cecilia Gallerani. It is best known as the Lady with an Ermine. She was Ludovico Sforza’s lover and, according to art critics, the animal was an emblem of docility and kindness. Here it acquires a symbolic value, representing the qualities of a cultured woman who, with her enormous passion for music and literature, had a great influence on the culture of the time. The gesture of control that the young woman has over the long and serpentine body of the animal suggests her dominance over Ludovico. Meanwhile, the look of her eyes, with a slightly oblique vision, fascinates the observer and definitely explains why Sforza was not the only one to be attracted to her. See and read my step by Step Post about it here: https://hive.blog/hive-158694/@akida/personal-interpretation-of-the-lady-with-an-ermine-leonardo-da-vinci