# Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received

Date: 1489

## The fact

Around 1489 Leonardo painted [the Lady](/people/aung-san-suu-kyi) with an Ermine, received as Cecilia Gallerani at Sforza's court. Later housing is not the sitting. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He painted Cecilia Gallerani at Ludovico's court. The sitter and duke share the image; later Krakow housing is a carrier.

## Context

Mistress-portraiture is court politics. Sharing the image with Gallerani and Ludovico is required. The setting of Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received is the public file around 1489-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [social-cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat a later museum city as 1489. Mixed effects of Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Lady with an Ermine at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Met Heilbrunn — Leonardo portraits neighbourhood at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Official carrier: Britannica — Lady with an Ermine (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Met Heilbrunn — Leonardo portraits neighbourhood (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm; Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Lady with an Ermine (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Improving path from Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received on 1489-01-01. A court portrait is a cohesion path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The attached driver is social-cohesion. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received under 1489-01-01 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received under 1489-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Lady with an Ermine is painted as a Sforza-court portrait of Cecilia Gallerani as received. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1489-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Leonardo da Vinci: https://factrail.ai/people/leonardo-da-vinci

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-lady-ermine