Lady with an Ermine exemplifies several techniques of High Renaissance painting. Leonardo da Vinci, The Lady with the Ermine (presumed to be Cecilia Gallerani) 1489-90, oil on panel, Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland In 1482, Leonardo da Vinci left his hometown of Florence for a new opportunity. The National Museum in Krakow Kraków, Poland. Lady with an Ermine Leonardo da Vinci circa. With Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel. Francesca "The Lady in Ermine", a previous countess from three centuries ago had saved the castle before from invaders, wearing nothing but an ermine coat; even her feet were bare. That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, but one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th. First, Leonardo's mastery of chiaroscuro - the use of shadow to enhance the three-dimensional relief of the figure. “Lady with an Ermine” is a Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, from around 1489-1490. Bagwyn Books ISBN 978-0-86698-821-6. Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Lady in Ermine elegantly weaves together rich historical details, finely etched characters and a compelling plot to create a vivid portrait of a talented woman who defied the conventions of her times. That Lady in Ermine Betty Grable Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Cesar Romero (1948) A princess (Betty Grable) holds off a Hungarian (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) with the help … The painting was purchased ca. View in Augmented Reality. The other ghosts in the castle appear and call on Francesca's spirit to once again save the day. This romantic saga brings to life a long-overlooked page in … He had managed to gain employment at the court of Milan, where Ludovico Sforza “Il Moro” reigned as the de facto duke. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger. 1489. That Lady in Ermine Photos View All Photos (10) Movie Info. Lady in Ermine: The Story of a Woman Who Painted the Renaissance by Donna DiGiuseppe. Based on the book of the 1922 stage musical The Lady in Ermine by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood, which had been adapted from the operetta Die Frau im Hermelin by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. Leonardo da Vinci This portrait came into Polish art resources in 1800, after like the young Prince Adam Czartoryski bought it for his mother during his travel around Italy. 1800 in Italy, by Adam Jerzy, the son of Princess Izabela Czartoryska, and donated to the Museum in Puławy where it was exhibited in the ‘Gothic House’ from 1809–1830. 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant.