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Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1489–1490).
A portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, the young mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.

The ermine she holds? A symbol of purity and a clever reference to Ludovico, whose emblem was the ermine itself.

Painted in Milan, this masterpiece now lives at the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, Poland.

George Condo working on the "Monster" artwork with Ye, 2010