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UV image of Lady with an Ermine

Leonardo da Vinci

The National Museum in Krakow

The National Museum in Krakow
Kraków, Poland

High resolution UV image show numerous tiny spots of accretion on all surface of the face side. These are small spots of dirt on the varnish layer. In
the UV image overcleanings around edges of the figure and area where the overpaint layer was removed (on the right hand side of the painting, next to the edge of the sleeve) are also visible.

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  • Title: UV image of Lady with an Ermine
  • Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Location Created: painting conservation studio in the main building of National Museum in Krakow
  • Type: Photograph
  • Art Genre: Portrait
  • Art Movement: Renaissance
  • Art Form: UV photograph
  • Photographer: Piotr Frączek, Michał Obarzanowski
  • Photographed: 2012
The National Museum in Krakow

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