This exquisite portrait painting reproduction depicts Cecilia Gallerani who is the mistress of Ludovico Sforza，the Duke of Milan. Later, this work is applied the color by an anonymous person, making this intimate atmosphere more intense. In any case, Cecilia's beautiful face and hands are apparently out of a master. Moreover, da Vinci has poured the vigor into the overbearing ermine with bright fur.
Cecilia Gallerani is one of the four pieces of female works of da Vinci (the remaining three are Mona Lisa, The Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and La belle ferronnière). The process of shading is the most attractive part in this portrait whose light and shadow show the elegant skull and soft face of Cecilia.
In later posts, we will talk about Claude Oscar Monet.
