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Despite sustaining much damage – the surface is much rubbed, the background was lightly overpainted with unmodulated black, the upper left corner has been broken and repaired, a transparent veil on the model's head was turned into an extravagant hairdo and several fingers were grossly retouched
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X-rays also reveal that Leonardo had planned to surround the figure with an arch or window, but changed his mind.[1]
The reference itself says this was a false hypothesis from the 1950's and that the 1992 analysis proves it incorrect. BillMcGonigle (talk) 17:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
The portrait of Beatrice D'Este attributed jointly to de Predis and da Vinci seems increasingly to be viewed as a "real Leonardo" - whatever that means. Da Vinci worked in a studio setting, with lots of assistants, working from sketches to the finished product (from his earliest days to his latest days). From my point of view, if the brush was in his hands it's a Leonardo first, and someone else second - but this is all debatable. At any rate, it's not proper to state that there are only four known portraits when there's a fifth labeled da Vinci right here on Wikipedia. And wasn't there a fingerprint found on yet another female portrait more recently? Is Mona Lisa truly a portrait? Does anyone know? Vasari's history (written so long after the facts) is not trustworthy on every fact, but fingerprints are good evidence.--LeValley 00:23, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
There was some correspondence on this in the (London) Times recently. It was pointed out that the animal is far too large to be an ermine (stoat in winter coat). A stoat is only about 10 inches long (excluding the tail), which is about the length of an adult woman's forearm from wrist to elbow. Unless the 'lady' is tiny, the animal is clearly not a stoat. It is far more likely to be a ferret (domesticated strain of polecat), which is about the right size, and relatively tame. Does anyone know when the title 'lady with an ermine' came into use?86.180.94.207 (talk) 16:41, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Yes, it's much more likely to be a ferret: size, shape and there are many more domesticated ferrets (polecats) than any other weasel. But NB the names of different weasels in different European languages don't convert one to one. OTOH polecats/ ferrets don't turn white (well, some of them) in the same way as stoats/ ermines. That whiteness also connects to purity. But if it's an albino ferret that allegory could be preserved. S C Cheese (talk) 20:38, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Dama z gronostajem.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 1, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-06-01. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:49, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Suggest section on the world war 2 period when the painting,was stolen by the nazis. There is a famous photo of American GIs holding up the painting in a rail yard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.20.206 (talk) 04:05, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
This Hong-Kong based journalist has written a book, Leonardo Da Vinci. A Chinese Scholar Lost in Renaissance Italy, which has received considerable publicity, enough to be mentioned in various relevant articles. There has been of course criticism. See for instance (I'm not sure if this meets RS but it gives some context for us), , , , and many other sources. Doug Weller (talk) 09:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
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