Eden Collinsworth’s fourth book, What the Ermine Saw, traces the tumultuous history of Leonardo di Vinci’s painting. Expertly researched and deftly told, What the Ermine Saw is an enthralling account of Renaissance Italy and its actors, a comprehensive study of artistry and innovation, and a reminder that genius, power, and beauty always have a price. The section about the
When an American writer stumbled across Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece Lady with an Ermine while visiting Kraków a few years ago she was so surprised one of the world’s most renowned and valuable paintings was in the city that she had to find out how it arrived there.
The remarkable story of Lady with an Ermine which is one of only four da Vinci paintings of women still in existence,has been told in Eden Collinsworth s new book, titled What the Ermine Saw.