| Czartoryski (692 words) |
 | On receiving the painting from her son, Princess Izabela said of the ermine: "If it is a dog, it is very ugly one" and she mistook Cecilia Gallerani's portrait with that of "The Belle Ferroniere". |
| In 1830, after the Warsaw revolution, the Russian troops marched on Pulawy and Princess Izabela was forced to pack away "The Lady with an Ermine" and Raphael's self-portrait, when she left for Sieniawa, the family property protected by the Austrians. |
| In 1843, after being walled in Sieniawa for nine years, "The Lady" was displayed in Paris at The Hotel Lambert, which was owned by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. |
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