The Girl as Mistress in Renaissance Italy: Gender and Power in Leonardo da Vinci's Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani.

This article centres on Cecilia Gallerani, the so‐called Lady with an Ermine (which is referred to as The Girl with an Ermine), and re‐examines the very young age at which Leonardo da Vinci painted this mistress of Ludovico Sforza, lord of Milan. It examines Gallerani's navigation of regional networ...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 50 - 72
Main Author:	McCall, Timothy
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Mar2025
Subjects:	Gallerani, Cecilia Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Renaissance painting Social dominance Sexual consent Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1452-1508
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