Yes he kept putting off Isabella d'Este, who really wanted him to make a portrait of her, but it sounds like it was more for status then because she had any tas

Yes he kept putting off Isabella d'Este, who really wanted him to make a portrait of her, but it sounds like it was more for status then because she had any taste in art. He painted some of Ludovico Sforza's mistresses. I think 'Lady with an Ermine' is very nice. There's speculation that he took the Mona Lisa commission specifically because it was just a silk merchant who wanted a portrait of his wife. I.e. not a power player. He never delivered the commission, it was with him when he died in France.