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Cecilia Gallerani

Mistress of Italian noble Ludovico Sforza

  • Fame55.6
  • Momentum2.7
  • Wikipedia17.5K
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Lived 1473–1536, aged 63Italy
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    1473–1536
    Aged 63
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Updated 2026-06-20

Cecilia Gallerani was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico Il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Lady with an Ermine. While posing for the painting, she invited Leonardo, who at the time was working as court artist for Sforza, to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects. Gallerani herself presided over these discussions.

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Momentum2.7
Historical17.9
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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