This Da Vinci Painting Is Weirder Than It Seems. Here's Why.

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  • Опубліковано 14 лис 2022
  • This piece is called Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci. It’s a portrait of 16 year-old Cecilia Gallerani, the favorite mistress of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. It’s a painting created to commemorate the couple's relationship. A relationship that ended before the painting could even be completed due to Sforza’s marriage to Beatrice d’Este. Why did Leonardo da Vinci choose to include such a strange animal in this portrait? It’s probably not for the reason you might think! Thanks for watching!
    #arthistory #art #classicart #fineart #leonardodavinci #ladywithanermine #renaissance

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  • @rs-pk2mk
    @rs-pk2mk Рік тому +1275

    She’s in a gallery of her own at the museum in Kraków, a dark room softly lit with a spotlight on it. I sat in front of it ogling at how tendons, veins, individual hairs, and refraction in the irises are all portrayed, she stuns FAR more than the Mona Lisa

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +136

      I love this. Thank you for sharing your experience seeing her!

    • @ingridlinbohm7682
      @ingridlinbohm7682 Рік тому +14

      The Mona Lisa is an ugly and badly painted painting.

    • @stanonlyoneof
      @stanonlyoneof Рік тому +64

      @@ingridlinbohm7682 well paint it then lmfao

    • @viridiantheforest1037
      @viridiantheforest1037 Рік тому +95

      @@ingridlinbohm7682 It's just badly preserved, it looks totally different than when it was painted, also she used to have eye brows

    • @SandraHof
      @SandraHof Рік тому +61

      I live in Kraków. A few years ago I had a dear friend from the States come to visit me. At the time, Lady with the Ermine was being housed at the National Museum here, while the Czartoryski Museum was undergoing renovations. I took my friend to the museum to see the painting, as she appreciated fine art. It was beautifully displayed in a darkened room by itself. We felt it was a privelege to see it. Thanks for doing a video on it.

  • @huldrrrr9486
    @huldrrrr9486 Рік тому +660

    Cecilia Gallerani, Beatrice d'Este and Isabella d'Este were such fascinating women, it surprises me that they have never gotten any biopics or shows about them.

    • @sentimentalcircuscurator
      @sentimentalcircuscurator Рік тому +12

      Erhum-hum-hum-hum!!!..... Ginevra di Benci ?

    • @raycigar6356
      @raycigar6356 Рік тому +11

      Because those women were no part of an oppressed minority struggling for survival and equality....just maybe xD just not shocking enough for Hollywood

    • @ghoststarstalk
      @ghoststarstalk Рік тому

      Profane.

    • @woudgy
      @woudgy Рік тому +11

      @@raycigar6356 and yet we got a Top Gun sequel

    • @cleversushi8428
      @cleversushi8428 Рік тому +5

      Rightt? I want their story adapted into something😔

  • @jacquimg2469
    @jacquimg2469 Рік тому +583

    I was excited to see this painting pop up as today’s subject. I first saw it on the wall in a restaurant. During dinner I looked at it several times, finding it amusing. It’s certainly unique. Eventually, being several years later, I decided I needed a copy. Not knowing the real name of the painting, I did my search on “The Lady and a Weasel.” I ended up with a refrigerator magnet of the painting. (That describes my credentials as an art connoisseur.) I still find it amusing. Now I know it’s history.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +68

      "The Lady and a Weasel" is a very good guess and very close to the original name! Thank you for sharing your story. I love it!

    • @ansumanc
      @ansumanc Рік тому +4

      bruh

    • @abstractfriends6722
      @abstractfriends6722 Рік тому +2

      awesome

    • @ivechang6720
      @ivechang6720 Рік тому +18

      You appreciated it . That's all that's necessary to be a part of art enthusiasm. Be well and I hope you enjoy your magnet still.

    • @ryanleblanc6817
      @ryanleblanc6817 Рік тому +8

      That's pretty funny and cool actually.

  • @minorytka3163
    @minorytka3163 Рік тому +222

    I saw the original not long before covid hit. I was standing in front of it, not too far, with no people around, just astonished that I could be that close to something created by great Leonardo himself. It was definitely a magical moment.

    • @sislertx
      @sislertx Рік тому

      I once.saw.a HUGE russian collection of MICHELANGELO AND ONE. OF REMBRANDT TOO BACK IN THE 70S IN SAN FRANSICO
      .IT WAS.CROWDED AS HECK AND.AS USUAL.IT DISCOURAGED CONTEMPLATION AND KNOWLEDGE...AND.AS USUAL I.WAS SHOCKED AT THE DEPTH OF.SUBJECT
      THESE PEOPLE ACHIEVED..AT.THE.TIME I HAD.WANTED TO PAINT PORTRAITS...I ENDED UP IN GOVT AND WELL ALWAYS GOT TO MUSEUMS WHILE THE REST WENT TO GET.DRUNK ..I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO RECOMMEND THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF MODERN.ART...A SMALL.JEWEL AND FANTASTIC COLLECTION ON.DISPLAY
      I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD MONET AND THE EYELESS PAINTER GUY....GIVE ME A BREAK IM PUSHING 80 AND U DONT REMEMBER WELL AT.ALL
      ..THINK.BIDEN PELOSI
      ..ALL.THEY KNOW IS.CORRUPTION THEFT AND BULLYING AND I KNOW THEM
      ANYWAY
      ..THANK U FOR YOUR KNOWLDGE...U KNOW MORE THAN THE 30 OR SO WORLD.CLASS PROFESSORS I HAD IN ART OVER THE.DECADES..
      WELL.LIVED.YOUNG LADY
      WELL.LIVED
      ..

    • @Martin-sp4zf
      @Martin-sp4zf Рік тому +5

      The covid hitting had at least one benefit giving you complete privacy with the painting - I bet for a brief moment you felt like putting a mask on the realistic face. I'm Irish but I know that Poland was always a significant and civilised nation in the heart of Europe and should be a custodian of great art.

    • @Lumosnight
      @Lumosnight Рік тому

      Most of the paintings in the museums are fakes, they don’t want to risk someone ruining a painting by throwing paint on it

    • @Martin-sp4zf
      @Martin-sp4zf Рік тому +2

      @@Lumosnight
      You mean I went to Paris to see a fake? Now I'll have to Moan missing the Mona. I'm planning to visit the Vatican but there's no Hope if you can't believe the Pope.

    • @Lumosnight
      @Lumosnight Рік тому

      @@Martin-sp4zf I’ve been to both the Louvre and the Vatican. The Mona Lisa on exposition is a fake, the real one is kept in the Louvre archives. In Vatican you won’t see the pope, as he has his own private quarters and doesn’t mix with the tourists.

  • @whiteofsky
    @whiteofsky Рік тому +139

    I saw this painting in person and it's really beautiful, more interesting than Mona Lisa in my opinion and instead of queuing for an hour to catch a glimpse from afar you can actually see it up close in a quiet room.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +10

      Thank you for sharing! I would love to see it in person someday.

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 Рік тому

      Um, hopefully no so called, climate protestor is reading your statement...

    • @Fiona2254
      @Fiona2254 Рік тому

      I concentrated my viewing of his works in the hall adjacent to the Mona Lisa. I was not wowed by ML but the other paintings I could study in closeup were amazing.

  • @stars_for_clouds
    @stars_for_clouds Рік тому +233

    Just wanted to let you know, that your videos are so calming and inspiring. It's so good that I can always learn something new about art💗

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +13

      Thank you so much!!

    • @jansmith3158
      @jansmith3158 Рік тому +10

      @@Art_Deco phenomenal narative as aways!!! You make art history very interesting. Thank you 🖌🎨🖼

    • @ShirleeKnott
      @ShirleeKnott Рік тому +3

      agree! was thinking of posting something almost word for word of your post

    • @mariec.2776
      @mariec.2776 Рік тому

      Davinci didn't exist , it is the other humanity work .that is why the weird animal that got extinct .

  • @lostlatinlover
    @lostlatinlover Рік тому +82

    I actually saw this painting in Cracow in the late 1990s. I stood in a queue not knowing what was at the end. Finally I reached the entrance which was guarded by heavily armed men. Only one person was allowed in the room. And there it was!! I had only ever seen Da Vinci’s masterpiece in books. It is astonishing!

    • @LemonThyme1933
      @LemonThyme1933 Рік тому +2

      Yes, that's how I saw it, one person at a time. I saw it while it was on temporary viewing in Gdansk sometime before 2014.

  • @emiliadelglo
    @emiliadelglo Рік тому +235

    It’s always so fascinating to listen about paintings we used to know since forever, but because of this new amazing facts, perception of them is totally different ❤
    Also, as a Polish I feel honoured that my country owns such important piece of art, saw it on my own in Cracow, truly hipnotizing

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +20

      Agreed. I love it!

    • @frofro7134
      @frofro7134 Рік тому +6

      greetings from Tricity in Poland :-)

  • @dmorfo4359
    @dmorfo4359 Рік тому +47

    This painting is in the magnificent Czartoryskich Museum in Krakow, I highly recommend visiting this museum, as well as Krakow itself

  • @CelestePrimrose
    @CelestePrimrose Рік тому +108

    Your video always impressed me, it's so informative especially for someone like me who's never into art in the first place but the way you've delivered the facts and humour's just astounding which in turn make me appreciated the art and story behind it more, even learning about many pieces that I've never even heard before.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +3

      I'm so glad 😊 Thank you for your lovely comment!

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan Рік тому +29

    Léo got burnt out on painting once he’d mastered it, that’s why he left many a painting unfinished, including one of a wealthy patron, who offered him basically anything he wanted to complete it. She was going ‘Oh, Leo, please, I need you! I’ll give you anything 👀 you want... ‘
    He was just like ´Meh... nah, maybe later...’
    they theorize he had an attention disorder, but he deserved more respect than he got, and no one who’s smart, especially like polymath smart, wants to be held to doing one thing for their entire life. Especially when it’s as tedious as painting can be, if it’s not giving you gratification. Many creative people have multiple outlets and their creative inspiration and curiosity and drive to explore and master a skill are what dictates what they concentrate on at the moment. It’s not like painting is ‘fun’ for everyone who does it, (or any art, for that matter). It can be a perfectionist agony. It’s the inspiration that compels, and the drive and gratification of creation, itself that rewards you.

    • @GwydionFrost
      @GwydionFrost Рік тому +8

      Thank you for sharing this insight into the artistic genius mind. As someone who has never met an art that I didn't like, and didn't like me back, I have often been asked, why don't you do art for a living?
      People don't grasp, when I create art, it is an expression of myself. When I am commissioned to create art, I am merely the machine that produces the results that are being paid for... because it doesn't matter whether I am satisfied with it or not.
      Having the tools and skills to create something doesn't automatically infuse it with passion, and thus the joy becomes tedious work.

  • @cocogoat1111
    @cocogoat1111 Рік тому +17

    That Da Vinci is just so damn talented. To think he thought of painting as an afterthought amongst his other talents.

  • @natashalilyrose8114
    @natashalilyrose8114 Рік тому +55

    The stories behind art are just fascinating, it's like a reality tv drama

  • @loribragg2947
    @loribragg2947 Рік тому +19

    I have a framed copy of this painting (canvas transfer) hanging in my bedroom, as well as a copy of the Mona Lisa. It is a testament to Leonardo's versatility that he painted two extremely different women, judging by their different expressions, with such mastery. This subject appears modest, shy, mild-mannered. The Mona Lisa sits in a ladylike, outwardly demure manner--but her expression hints at a strong, bold personality, like a queen secretly snickering at her subjects. On a different note, I would like to add that, as an artist myself, an original painting executed well by a fine hand has a glow about it that even the best copies somehow fail to capture.

  • @agavictoria
    @agavictoria Рік тому +28

    Thank you for making the video about this painting!!! I practically grew up admiring this piece in my hometown in Poland! I made so many visits to this museum, i can't even count. Very beautiful and fascinating painting. It's my favorite piece of art ever ❤️

    • @icemancometh8679
      @icemancometh8679 Рік тому +1

      Mona Lisa do you have a comment on this comment? Mmmf! I never!

  • @user-np7pq2gy1v
    @user-np7pq2gy1v Рік тому +32

    Wow, I really enjoyed this on so many levels. The history, the humanity, the humor. "If it's a dog, it's an ugly one," lol. It delighted me to see that his first two versions of the painting were much inferior compared to his last one because it showed me that even the greatest painter doesn't get it right the first time! Just the process of improving it. Wow. Then the comments about her and the fiance's beauty. Fascinating.

    • @dougmorris2134
      @dougmorris2134 Рік тому

      The comment about it being a “ugly dog” lead me to further closer inspection of the ‘ermine’ in the picture.
      Size: it appears too large to be an ermine (stoat). It appears to be the larger member of the mustelid farmily, a ferret.
      Ears: Weasels, ermine/stoat and ferret, have different shaped ears, being smooth rounded edge not with the slight kink.
      Paws: weasels have five digits and claws (ten fingers and ten toes). There appears to be only four on each of the front paws like dogs.
      Unusual differences for a scientifically accomplished artist to make.
      I have had pet ferrets, and have one now so noticed the details, when claw clipping and inspecting ears, that I have given.

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul Рік тому +21

    “sfumato” means “smoke”, referring to painting in many very thin, transparent layers of color. Leonardo championed this technique in the Mona Lisa.

  • @rubenservin5644
    @rubenservin5644 Рік тому +42

    Whoever is running this channel: I absolutely love your videos! The analysis, animation, narration, EVERYTHING. I never realized how art could be such an interesting and beautiful subject ❤ It would be cool if could do a Q&A to learn more about who is behind making these videos. But for now, thank you so much for your videos!

  • @jeffslade1892
    @jeffslade1892 Рік тому +15

    The ermine is a stoat in its winter-white coat, and not to be confused with the smaller weasel. The weasel does not change colour and has a short tail. The stoat is not the long tailed weasel, that is an american species. The one in her hands is exceptionally large and may be an albino ferret (domesticated polecat, often selected for albinism) as stoats (& weasels) are practically untameable and would not remain at all still if she was asked to sit holding one, she would get bitten..

    • @pinheadlarry2921
      @pinheadlarry2921 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah i kind of think it’s just a ferret? they’ve been domesticated for a long time. They probably did look a little different

  • @emijta
    @emijta Рік тому +51

    Every video of yours is full of fascinating details. You have a knack for storytelling. Brilliant!

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +11

      Oh my gosh. Thank you! That means so much 😊.

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker Рік тому +38

    I love this painting. Cecilia Gallerani, looks so sharp and intelligent, a wonderful contrast to Da Vinci's portrait of Ginevra Benci (seen at 5:30 in this video), who (in this portrait at least) looks so stunningly blank and stupid. What a tragedy it is that Da Vinci did so few portraits.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +9

      I'm so amazed how much of their personality he was able to capture in his portraits. He was an incredible mind, a true gem!

    • @invisiblehandofadamsmith
      @invisiblehandofadamsmith Рік тому +2

      U can see it live in krakow 😀

  • @Jasmine-bs2sd
    @Jasmine-bs2sd Рік тому +15

    I need MORE of these videos , they are absolutely amazing.

  • @shylockwesker5530
    @shylockwesker5530 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for making a video about this piece of art, it's the most prized possession in the art collection of all the chapters of the National Museum in Poland and an iconic painting for the Poles.

  • @Roberto-REME
    @Roberto-REME Рік тому +16

    Outstanding video and phenomenal narration. Your enunciation is crystal clear, your tone is engaging and inviting, your light sarcasm is hilarious and well timed. Your videos are entertaining, informative and educational.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, Roberto! Your comments always bring a smile to my face. I appreciate them so much 😊

    • @S.Pociecha
      @S.Pociecha Рік тому +1

      All the above may be true, but where did you get that pronunciation of ermine?? The second syllable isn't a possessive pronoun. It rhymes with gin, spin, Rin Tin Tin.

  • @jessroebuck8832
    @jessroebuck8832 Рік тому +27

    You're so much better explaining about art then my own art teacher back in the 80s 🇦🇺🤩 keep bringing the amazing work 💖

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +4

      Aw, thank you! This warmed my heart!😍

    • @icemancometh8679
      @icemancometh8679 Рік тому +1

      @@Art_Deco You know if you hold an ermine to your chest you could warm your heart too. Sorry I couldn't resist.😁

  • @celestenova777
    @celestenova777 Рік тому +6

    I love this painting and had it professionally framed after taking it out of an art book I had, many years ago now. It hangs in my dining room, a beautiful painting I think. Great video thanks for your work.

  • @richardreinertson1335
    @richardreinertson1335 Рік тому +7

    My first thought was, "Who would presume to change ANYTHING on a Da Vinci painting," but I hafta say, a black background really does look better.

  • @Rida_H_A
    @Rida_H_A Рік тому +19

    I recently had the pleasure to find your videos and they are *amazing*
    Truely amazing

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +1

      Wow! Thank you so much!

  • @beatrisebalode1070
    @beatrisebalode1070 Рік тому +13

    I am absoloutly thrilled every time I see you have posted. Love your videos and hope you can continue making this amazing content for us

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so so much! I'm excited to start on the next one!

  • @dianepirzada1694
    @dianepirzada1694 Рік тому +2

    She was in San Francisco in 2004 at the Palace of the Legion of Honor. Just her face was bannered throughout the city announcing her visit to the City By the Bay. Took my breath away. Seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece in person still stands out in my mind as a magical moment. Love this painting. ❤She’s had quite a journey, even being stolen during WWII.

  • @markymarkix4683
    @markymarkix4683 Рік тому +10

    Hi ! Great analysis as usual :) There is one evidence that this paiting was part of collection made by Habsbourg emperor Rudolph II in 16th century. My art history teacher told us that historians found a letter in german that said: "There was one painting of a lady with a little white dog." So perhaps this work was in Prague collection during Renessaince era...

    • @katl3892
      @katl3892 Рік тому

      It isn't evidence.

    • @Supernova493
      @Supernova493 11 місяців тому

      It is evidence. It is not proof.@@katl3892

  • @adriennegormley9358
    @adriennegormley9358 Рік тому +10

    The ermine in the first portrait is odd enough looking that it's one of a handful of art works that inspired the late Mike Resnick to write a science fiction novel based this one. (Lady With An Alien).
    Yeah, a good writer can take inspiration from virtually anything.

    • @kuutti121
      @kuutti121 Рік тому +4

      Northern Lights by Philip Pullman is also said to be partly inspired by this painting. The animal characters are kind of spirits that have physical body and ability to communicate. If separated both parties will suffer. Basically an atheist children's fantasy, i guess.

  • @sourwatermelon
    @sourwatermelon Рік тому +24

    I love your videos! I get more knowledge of art, it's painters, and history all at once. If you accept request, may I request "Miranda" by Thomas Francis Dicksee? I'm not sure if it has to have a in depth backstory with drama or politics so maybe it may not be worth a video. Maybe just a UA-cam short? You don't have to either ofc.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +3

      I love requests! I'll look into that one. Thank you 😊

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth Рік тому +5

    Ermine is the name given to a weasel when its fur turns white during the winter. Sadly they were also highly prized for their fur which was sewn as trim into garments for the wealthy.

  • @marcusaurelius5576
    @marcusaurelius5576 Рік тому +5

    Davinci was such a rare talent with so many genius like abilities. Many of his paintings have deeper stories within them such as of course the Mona Lisa. Another one is the Madonna of the Rocks. That would be an interesting video too.

  • @jimmybritt8405
    @jimmybritt8405 Рік тому +1

    I absolutly LOVE your insights into these paintings. Thank you for all of your research and work.

  • @msshellm8154
    @msshellm8154 Рік тому +1

    I'd love to see this one in person - few reproductions can ever truly capture the spirit of a painting (as anyone whose been to the gift shop at the end of an exhibition can attest - the painting that took your breath away looks lifeless in the books and 'cheaper' copies for sale. High end art prints are/can be an exception.)
    If a painting intrigues you from a book or on screen, then you know the real thing is on a whole other level.
    Thank-you for another exceptional offering - especially of a painting I think I've only seen mentioned once before!

  • @dawnlovescouture2644
    @dawnlovescouture2644 Рік тому +6

    This is my favorite DaVinci painting. I’ve seen the original in Kraków. It’s incredible.

    • @Godwinpounds4333
      @Godwinpounds4333 Рік тому

      👋i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world! Happy New year 🎆 🙏🌍
      I'm originally from Canada currently living in California ☀️☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask?

    • @dawnlovescouture2644
      @dawnlovescouture2644 Рік тому +1

      @@Godwinpounds4333 Happy New Year! I’m on the East Coast. Stay safe over there! I know the weather has been brutal!

    • @Godwinpounds4333
      @Godwinpounds4333 Рік тому

      @@dawnlovescouture2644 Yes I’m safe here. How’s weather condition over there?

  • @geralyn-mm
    @geralyn-mm Рік тому +4

    Another class on fine art and history. Thank you!

  • @DERAMNONA
    @DERAMNONA 10 місяців тому

    Again fascinating to hear all the history and explanations behind this painting. Definitely alters the way I view the painting now.
    Inspires me to know more .
    Thank you for another brilliant film. Bless you

  • @veiledrecalcitrance4314
    @veiledrecalcitrance4314 Рік тому +6

    It always surprises me people don’t know how diverse Da Vince’s skills were. He was so curious about everything that he tried everything, the guy was a true Jack of a lot of trades, especially creatively and artistically. To the point that painting was something he did to make a living but was drawn to other things far more often (which explains why so many of his paintings were never completed.

  • @Sharkfighter13
    @Sharkfighter13 Рік тому +4

    I have a 16x20 print of this. I’ve always loved it!!!❤

    • @Godwinpounds4333
      @Godwinpounds4333 Рік тому

      👋i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world! Happy New year 🎆 🙏🌍
      I'm originally from Canada currently living in California ☀️☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask? 0:18

    • @Sharkfighter13
      @Sharkfighter13 Рік тому +1

      @@Godwinpounds4333 thank you! I’m originally from California but I live in Texas now 😊

    • @Godwinpounds4333
      @Godwinpounds4333 Рік тому

      @@Sharkfighter13 You’re welcome dear, it’s nice meeting with you here. How’s everything over there?

  • @jerrysstories711
    @jerrysstories711 Рік тому +1

    I've loved every vid I've seen so far on this channel. Next time I have a chunk of leisure time, I'm going to binge the hell out it.

  • @costrio
    @costrio Рік тому +2

    One thing I've learned from this series is that some artists of great renown were not immune from creating "memes" of their own, in the past, I think. It actually brings the art works to life, IMO.

  • @clickchick6861
    @clickchick6861 Рік тому +1

    This is the content I want to watch:
    Educational, funny, witty
    Very well done, good editing, voice tone, narration a 💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 Рік тому +2

    I love these art history videos of yours!

  • @iggyzorro2406
    @iggyzorro2406 Рік тому +8

    it was ground breaking because her pose is not in the contemporary profile style. also for native english speakers the animal is pronounced 'uhr-min'

  • @yup_pea
    @yup_pea Рік тому +5

    Wow! This painting has been through a lot! Lol! It seems Leonardo had a type of woman that became his muse... sorta speak. I was thinking how much she looked like the Mona Lisa, and then you said it! Lol! Awesome video as usual 👌

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, Rob! Great minds think alike! 🤔

    • @yup_pea
      @yup_pea Рік тому

      @@Art_Deco 🤣🤣🤣👍

  • @on_spikes6867
    @on_spikes6867 Рік тому +2

    i used to hate interpreting art in school, now here i am, watching all your videos

  • @birdsatalcatraz
    @birdsatalcatraz Рік тому +3

    I look forward to your videos and enjoy learning about these remarkable pieces of art

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +1

      Thank you very much!

    • @Braun09tv
      @Braun09tv Рік тому

      @@Art_Deco the animal is the pre-baby, not 37. It announced her pregnancy.

  • @douglastibbitts364
    @douglastibbitts364 Рік тому +3

    Ermine ( not weasel ) was the status quo fur for royalty,and the most sought after fur for court presentations and official portraiture.

  • @dougmorris2134
    @dougmorris2134 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for your very interesting video on this painting and have a few comments on the “ermine” depicted.
    The comment about it being a “ugly dog” lead me to further closer inspection of the ‘ermine’ in the picture.
    Size: it appears too large to be an ermine (stoat). It appears to be the larger member of the mustelid farmily, a ferret.
    Ears: Weasels, ermine/stoat and ferret, have different shaped ears, being smooth rounded edge not with the slight kink.
    Paws: weasels have five digits and claws (ten fingers and ten toes). There appears to be only four on each of the front paws like dogs.
    Unusual differences for a scientifically accomplished artist to make.
    I have had pet ferrets, and have one now so noticed the details, when claw clipping and inspecting ears, that I have given.

  • @rizzystardust2404
    @rizzystardust2404 Рік тому +5

    This is my second favorite painting I think. My favorite is the Girl with the Pearl Earring, I really enjoy these videos

    • @huldrrrr9486
      @huldrrrr9486 Рік тому +3

      good taste!

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +2

      Both are beautiful. I made a video on Girl with a Pearl Earring as well, just last week!

    • @rizzystardust2404
      @rizzystardust2404 Рік тому

      @@Art_Deco I watched it! I love the painting even more now that I know more about it. It's so fascinating to get context for these works

  • @angie4597
    @angie4597 Рік тому +5

    Super video ! I am so interested in Renaissance, and all the dramatic impossible relationships, versus the political marriages. And about Da vinci, did you do an essay about Salvator mundi ?

  • @Drums-ve8on
    @Drums-ve8on Рік тому

    Just recently saw your page and this is really interesting stuff. Keep it up!

  • @rawlsrules
    @rawlsrules Рік тому +3

    Love the history, thank you. I would wonder who thinks of Da Vinci primarily as "a master artist" without his other skills and genius? I've always thought his engineering accomplishments , scientific interests and invention to be of greater interest (The Mona Lisa notwithstanding.)

  • @CatQuee
    @CatQuee Рік тому +4

    If you havent already, you should do a video on Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, because it's one of my absolute favorite pieces.

  • @uzytkownik15
    @uzytkownik15 Рік тому +7

    Ah the small detail of writing "Dawinci" on the painting as there's no v in Polish alphabet

  • @hippyelise1
    @hippyelise1 Рік тому +1

    Love this channel! Thank you 👍♥️

  • @kellimihalic116
    @kellimihalic116 Рік тому

    Wonderfully educational and gladly learned! Thank you for the great video. I'm hooked.

  • @masunrise7471
    @masunrise7471 Рік тому +1

    Not only is that Ermine buff but it is HUGE! They are actually so tiny.

  • @icemancometh8679
    @icemancometh8679 Рік тому +4

    You know the young girl commissioned Leonardo to paint the painting because it showed how she felt after she was dumped. There she was holding an irmine sure but what she saw was a weasel.

  • @AwakeAtTheWheel
    @AwakeAtTheWheel Рік тому +2

    Leonardo da Vinci was probably the most brilliant man to ever live. His curiosity, intuition and intellectual reasoning are unmatched.

  • @elizabethhannah4704
    @elizabethhannah4704 Рік тому +1

    I have a jigsaw of this painting and I am so pleased to read about its fascinating history. Thank you very much indeed.

  • @alexandermuller950
    @alexandermuller950 Рік тому +1

    Can someone suggest which oil paint will be the best to get these types of texture and also please recommend the paint brush?... would honestly help a lot!

  • @darlenel9226
    @darlenel9226 Рік тому

    Fascinating!! 😍

  • @jenna2431
    @jenna2431 Рік тому +1

    My favorite of Leonardo's works. Mona Lisa is over-hyped. Loved the thoughts about the Lady and her ermine.

  • @rosescott9299
    @rosescott9299 7 місяців тому

    To think she knew it was a daVinci painting and still had the audacity to PAINT OVER IT!!!!! (Just the background, I know but STILLLL)
    Also I love these videos!!! So great to hear some of the stories behind these masterpieces, as well as tidbits about the artists lives!

  • @pinecone4610
    @pinecone4610 Рік тому +1

    The algorithm brought me to you. I am glad to have found another channel to binge on my never ending journey of addiction to my phone

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому

      I'm so glad fate (aka the algorithm) has brought you over to my little corner of the internet! Welcome 😊

  • @BakingScienceTraveller
    @BakingScienceTraveller Рік тому +3

    I love your videos, they are really interesting and funny at the same time. 🙂

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому

      Glad you like them! Thank you!!

  • @Nightangles2024
    @Nightangles2024 Рік тому

    This is great and interesting info. That is why I love watching videos from UA-cam

  • @80sdreamwave32
    @80sdreamwave32 Рік тому +1

    Love looking painting love your channel

  • @lemonetdailo8391
    @lemonetdailo8391 Рік тому +2

    This is one of my fave paintings. More than the Mona Lisa actually.

  • @JuhusOnY
    @JuhusOnY Рік тому

    this is my new favourite channel!

  • @twinklej5459
    @twinklej5459 Рік тому +3

    Cannot say this enough. But I absolutely love your videos❤

  • @pomaranczowaszarlotka
    @pomaranczowaszarlotka Рік тому +1

    I heard about this painting since my childhood because Poles are incredibly proud that we have one of Leonardo's paintings in our country.
    Also you could have added that originally background of the painting consisted of a ladscape but it was badly demaged bc of poor storing conditions and Leonardo's experimental painting techniques. Izabela Czartoryska ordered to paint it black to cover the demage and so it would match better other (mostly baroque) paintings in her gallery. Those had dark backgrounds. There's a whole debate if the black paint should be removed or not.
    It would be fun if you ever did a video about Izabela Czartoryska. She had a cute little habit of stealing artworks from other people homes and museums so she could add them to her collection. Everybody knew she stole but noone could really stop her

  • @cregister8353
    @cregister8353 Рік тому +5

    Great content. DaVinci, was way ahead of his time.

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +1

      He's fascinating! If I could have dinner with a famous person, death of alive, it would be him!

    • @Art_Deco
      @Art_Deco  Рік тому +1

      *dead or alive* oops!

  • @Kevin-et5zs
    @Kevin-et5zs Рік тому

    Fascinating, thank you!

  • @hillaryhollins667
    @hillaryhollins667 Рік тому

    This is a great channel thank you!

  • @CharlieFlood913
    @CharlieFlood913 Рік тому

    This is the only channel I wait for videos for

  • @hrhargyll
    @hrhargyll Рік тому

    Another entertaining, incisive analysis; thank you.

  • @winter-wb7cf
    @winter-wb7cf Рік тому +2

    Any chance you could make a video about the triumph of truth by Hans von Aachen? I saw it in Detroit and can’t figure out all of the symbolism that it appears to have. It’s very beautiful!

  • @RequiemAeternam01
    @RequiemAeternam01 Рік тому +2

    There are only eight paintings by Leonardo that are universally accepted as authentic, and this work doesn't fall in that category. But how can it not? It incorporates every technique that Leonardo ever used; from the sfumato effect on the edges, to her delicately designed hands. Although it can't be called an "underrated masterpiece", it's definitely unjustly overshadowed by the Mona Lisa. In my opinion, there's so much more to discover in this painting. So many little details that one has to investigate. I understand the old-as-time mystery of the Mona Lisa's smile, but really, what's so mysterious about it? It's just a smile. And then there's the whole controversy about the sitter, and I don't know why historians make this such a big deal. Artists quite often didn't indicate who the sitter was (especially during the 15th and 16th centuries). This would usually be done in letters to the commissioners, or vice versa. Another beautiful and eerie aspect that I think surpasses the Mona Lisa is the painting's background. As you probably know, being a connoisseur in art, Leonardo was the first artist to use a non-static background in a portrait. Obviously the Mona Lisa is the most famous example of this, but also his portrait of Ginevra de' Benci. Despite this, five of his other portraits - namely "Lady with an Ermine", "Portrait of a Musician", "La Belle Ferronniere", "Salvator Mundi" (uncertain) and "Saint John the Baptist" - have static, dark backgrounds which give the works a certain eerie, mysterious feel to them, much like that of Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which I think is definitely more unearthly than the Mona Lisa.

    • @RequiemAeternam01
      @RequiemAeternam01 Рік тому

      @@PotatoeSnow I don't know, I'm not the person who dubbed it inauthentic.

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia Рік тому +4

    Beautiful!

  • @dagmaraaz
    @dagmaraaz Рік тому +1

    I saw it at Wawel in Kraków few years ago...its owned by a polish family. Beautiful piece

  • @jordangroff8978
    @jordangroff8978 Рік тому +1

    His best portrait imo.

  • @paddypaddy2834
    @paddypaddy2834 Рік тому +6

    Ermine - pronounced er-min (not er-mine). Otherwise great video and I LOVE this painting!

  • @jimmysanders4813
    @jimmysanders4813 Рік тому +1

    I saw this painting in the Pallazzo Pitti in Firenze,Italia many years ago and I included this in an interior painting that I made when I lived there.I painted the poster of this image in the kitchen of the interior that I painted.

  • @cleversushi8428
    @cleversushi8428 Рік тому

    This background story is so heartbreaking it's beautiful 😭💔

  • @doonewatts7155
    @doonewatts7155 Рік тому +1

    In the UK at least an ermine is a symbol of nobility pointing towards the duke perhaps

  • @stankygeorge
    @stankygeorge Рік тому +1

    The expression: "it cost an arm and a leg", came from the fact that arms and legs were difficult, hence, expensive to paint, the cost to paint fingers and dog toes must have been astronomical! Could Master Da Vinci have been showing off his skills!
    The Girl with a Pearl Necklace looks an awful lot like Da Vinci's work!

  • @sahttr_5097
    @sahttr_5097 Рік тому

    Your videos are awsome, thank You very very much

  • @jeffashley5512
    @jeffashley5512 Рік тому +1

    Always preferred this work to the Mona Lisa. Seems better executed and if it's the same 'model' this was definite improvement.

  • @jeanmichaels8686
    @jeanmichaels8686 Рік тому +1

    This painting is so much more interesting than his other works.

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      @Godwinpounds4333 Рік тому

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  • @SorMaflaria
    @SorMaflaria Рік тому +3

    he did not invent the helicopter....he had sketches of something more or less similar

  • @Ichneumonxx
    @Ichneumonxx Рік тому +2

    The Polish are so proud of this painting they made an action film centered around it, Oceans 11 style.

    • @ChisaiHoshi
      @ChisaiHoshi Рік тому +3

      Ah! Uwielbiam "Vinci" ❤
      Weszłam w komentarze mają nadzieję, że ktoś o nim wspomni 😍

    • @Ichneumonxx
      @Ichneumonxx Рік тому +3

      @@ChisaiHoshi no jak na polskie warunki to jeden z lepszych filmów ;)

  • @tjj2040
    @tjj2040 Рік тому +3

    *HEY GUYS!*
    Art Deco has posted😌

  • @Gigi_V_K
    @Gigi_V_K Рік тому +2

    I'm in love with how abrupt the ending is. "And he died in jail. BYE."

  • @hughgordon6435
    @hughgordon6435 11 місяців тому

    The amount of symbolism in this is abosulty fantastic?

  • @criimsonrain
    @criimsonrain Рік тому

    Hi!Can you make a video about the portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées and her sister? Keep up the good work