Lady with an Ermine

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Renaissance painting painting portrait painting

Lady with an Ermine is a renowned Renaissance portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting Cecilia Gallerani holding a white ermine.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lady with an Ermine canonical	4
"Lady with an Ermine"	1
Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci	1
Leonardo da Vinci – Lady with an Ermine	1
Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine	1
The Lady with an Ermine	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1033244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lady with an Ermine
Context triple: [Leonardo da Vinci, notableWork, Lady with an Ermine]

A. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
B. Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party is a celebrated Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting a lively social gathering of friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
C. Madonna of the Chair
Madonna of the Chair is a celebrated circular Renaissance painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly embracing the Christ Child, renowned for its warmth, intimacy, and harmonious composition.
D. The Milkmaid
The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
E. The Bird in a Cage
The Bird in a Cage is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtly love and confinement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lady with an Ermine
Target entity description: Lady with an Ermine is a renowned Renaissance portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting Cecilia Gallerani holding a white ermine.

A. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
B. Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party is a celebrated Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting a lively social gathering of friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
C. Madonna of the Chair
Madonna of the Chair is a celebrated circular Renaissance painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly embracing the Christ Child, renowned for its warmth, intimacy, and harmonious composition.
D. The Milkmaid
The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
E. The Bird in a Cage
The Bird in a Cage is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtly love and confinement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Renaissance portraiture ⓘ one of Leonardo da Vinci's major portraits ⓘ
catalogueStatus	attributed with certainty to Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
collection	Czartoryski Museum ⓘ
commissionContext	court of Milan ⓘ linked to: Lordship of Milan
commissionedBy	Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
creator	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
currentOwner	Polish state ⓘ linked to: Republic of Poland
depictionDetail	sitter turned to the right ⓘ three-quarter view of sitter ⓘ
depicts	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ ermine ⓘ white ermine ⓘ
depictsAnimal	ermine ⓘ
depictsPerson	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ
genre	portrait ⓘ
height	54 cm ⓘ
iconography	symbolic use of ermine ⓘ
inception	circa 1489 ⓘ circa 1490 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
location	Kraków ⓘ
material	oil on wood ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	High Renaissance ⓘ
museumCity	Kraków ⓘ
museumCountry	Poland ⓘ
notableFeature	dark background ⓘ detailed rendering of hands ⓘ subtle modeling of light and shadow ⓘ
orientation	portrait orientation ⓘ
originalTitle	Dama con l'ermellino ⓘ
owner	Czartoryski family collection ⓘ linked to: Czartoryski Museum
patron	Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
period	Italian Renaissance ⓘ linked to: Renaissance
placeOfCreation	Milan ⓘ
subjectName	Cecilia Gallerani ⓘ
subjectRole	mistress of Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
subjectSex	female ⓘ
support	wood panel ⓘ
technique	sfumato ⓘ
title	Lady with an Ermine ⓘ
width	40 cm ⓘ

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