Winter fashion is quite different from summer dress in the mountains. One of the more stylish coats seen on the slopes belongs to the ermine. The animal is a handsome, foot-long, slinky tube of ...

“I would send it with greater pleasure if it were more like me. But your Highness must not think that this is due to any defect in the master himself, for in truth I believe there is no painter equal ...

Filled with a fluffy cloud of vanilla frosting, gob cake is a moist and decadent sheet cake that will bring back memories of ...

A 15th century painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting a woman holding an ermine is the subject of a new study by a scientist who claims that the Renaissance master created multiple versions of the ...

Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), owned by the Princes Czartoryski Foundation, is considered by many to be the most precious artwork in Polish collections. The painting, purchased ...

French scientist Pascal Cotte has astounded art historians with a major discovery about Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Lady With an Ermine (1489-90), the BBC reports. Until now, it had been assumed ...

A friend of mine was setting up his ski shop in Frisco when he saw what he described as: “this cute little feller” darting around the shop. What he later determined to be an ermine has kept him ...

Europe's Old Master collections – and specifically Poland, one of the most looted repositories of art under both the Nazis and the Communists during the 20th-century – got a big boost this week from ...

A history of Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-Century portrait, “Lady With an Ermine,” is also a history of modern Europe. Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani or Lady with an Ermine, 1488-1490, by Leonardo da Vinci ...

After mounting a steep staircase at the ancient Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland, I am permitted to enter a room containing only one mesmeric painting. The guard looks at me with a stern expression, and ...