Magic For Beginners Cover

The cover art for Magic for Beginners really struck me. After a deja vu moment, I realized it is a take off of da Vinci's  "Lady with an Ermine." The painting was done in about 1489-1490 and was most likely the portrait of Cecillia Gallerani.

If you study both pictures you'll see that they are identical from the part of the hair and the face to the necklace and posture of the girl and the ermine.  The differences include the girl's  hairstyle, other jewelry, dress and fingernails.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_with_an_Ermine

I really didn't find it to have any relation to the book other than the simple fact that art played a part in some of the stories:

-Some Zombie Contingency Plans

-Lull