It's been 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci's death, and to mark this important anniversary, one of his paintings, The Lady in Fur, made in Milan between 1495-1499 and hidden for almost a century, is coming back to the fore.
This is a work with a strong emotional impact, created on a poplar panel measuring 61.5 cm high by 54.5 cm wide. There are many elements characteristic of the artist Leonardo: the work depicts a young lady with a melancholy and mischievous look, with a hint of a smile, whose ambiguity refers to that of the Mona Lisa. The hand pose is similar to the Lady with an Ermine.
Based on historical reconstruction, it is very likely that the painting was painted in the Milanese period when Leonardo was in the service of Ludovico il Moro, and that the painting was still in Leonardo's hands during his stay in Rome and subsequently in his last years .in Amboise.
From 1691 to 1700, the work was part of the private collection of Antonio Pignatelli, Pope Innocent XII. In a subsequent change of ownership, it was discovered in the residence of Domenico Morelli, Bishop of Strongoli, later Bishop of Otranto.
Since 1975, the painting has been in the possession of a family living in Germany, and has now been brought to light by Silvano Vincetti, president of the Committee for the Valorization of the Historical, Cultural and Environmental Heritage.
Many scholars attribute the work to Leonardo without a shadow of a doubt: in one of his writings dated September 2, 1921, Adolfo Venturi - one of the greatest art historians of the last century - stated: ".. This masterful portrait of a young lady of delicate and a gentle profile is surely the work of Leonardo...".
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