Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine catalogue edited by JÓZEF GRABSKI, JANUSZ WAŁEK Vienna - Cracow 1991 240 × 260 mm On the cover: Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine (Detail 1, Detail 2, Detail 3), oil on walnut panel, 53,4 × 39,3 cm, Czartoryski Collection, Cracow

The famous portrait was lent by the Czartoryski Collection, National Museum, Cracow, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., for the exhibition "Circa 1492. Art in the Age of Exploration" (October 1991-January 1992). This book was prepared in order to help introduce the work, very rarely seen outside Poland, to an American public. The aim was to enhance the pleasure of discovery with essays by noted specialists on the meaning and history of this masterpiece.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
JÓZEF GRABSKI

INTRODUCTION
MAREK ROSTWOROWSKI

SELECTED SOURCES

LEONARDO THE EXPLORER
JANUSZ WAŁEK

LEONARDO DA VINCI'S LADY WITH AN ERMINE
MAREK ROSTWOROWSKI

COSTUME STYLE AND LEONARDO'S KNOTS IN THE LADY WITH AN ERMINE
ZDZISŁAW ŻYGULSKI, JR.

SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODEL FOR THE LADY WITH AN ERMINE
MARIA RZEPIŃSKA

SOME REMARKS ON THE X-RAYS OF THE LADY WITH AN ERMINE
KAROL ESTREICHER

AN EXAMINATION OF LADY WITH AN ERMINE
RUDOLF KOZŁOWSKI

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE LADY WITH AN ERMINE
KAZIMIERZ KWIATKOWSKI

CHRONOLOGY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY