Main Cover Image Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa & Sfumato:
Title: Mona Lisa, c. 1503-1506
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian 1452-1519)
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in
Permanent Collection: Musée du Louvre Paris France

Linz, Austria: EU Capital Culture 2009 Image:
Title: La Troupe de Mlle Églantine, 1896
Artist: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864-1901)
Medium: Lithograph in three colors
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches.
©: Kunsthalle Bremen
Image Courtesy: Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture

SMK Acquisitions 2007-2009 Image:
Title: The Straw Bridge (Ponte della Paglia) in Venice. Night, 1934
Artist: J.F. Willumsen (Danish 1863-1958)
Permanent Collection & Image Courtesy: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Corot to Monet: Landscapes Image
Title: A Torrent at Tivoli, about 1789-93, Signed
Artist: Simon Alexandre-Clément Denis (Flemish 1755-1812)
Medium: Oil on Paper laid on a Plastic Support
Dimensions: 21.2 x 37.8 cm.
The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Image Courtesy: National Gallery London

Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Image:
Title: Mother and Child (Lady Shannon and Kitty), about 1900-1910
Artist: James Jebusa Shannon (American 1862-1923)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 117.5 x 98.7 cm
Permanent Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of John Gellatly
Image Courtesy: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Joaquín Sorolla Image:
Title: And They Still Say Fish is Expensive!, 1894
Artist: Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish 1863-1923)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 151.5 x 204 cm
Permanent Collection & Image Courtesy: Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado

St. Paul's Cathedral London Image:
Title: Interior of the Cathedral; view of the north east from beneath the Small Dome,
Image Courtesy: St. Paul's Cathedral, London

American Collection Highlights Image:
Title: Sir William Pepperrell (1746–1816) and His Family, 1778
Artist: John Singleton Copley (American 1738-1815)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 90 x 108 in.
Permanent Collection: NCMA, Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Image Courtesy: North Carolina Museum of Art

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa & Sfumato Image:
Title: Mona Lisa, c. 1503-1506
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian 1452-1519)
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in
Permanent Collection: Musée du Louvre Paris France

Gems: Michael Scott Collection at the ROM Image:
Title: Ramona Orange Spessartine Garnet Necklace
Largest garnet is 39 carats
Ramona, California, USA
This spessartine garnet necklace is 450 mm long with 63
colour-matched garnets. The total gemstone weight is 165
carats with 11 carats total of diamonds.
Image Courtesy: Royal Ontario Museum

Earth's Treasures Image:
Title: Cavansite
Object type: Mineral
Chemical formula: Ca(VO)Si4O1o.4H2O
Location: Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra State, India
The ROM’s specimen is among the world’s finest.
Cavansite is a relatively new mineral, having been
first identified in Oregon in 1973.
Since then, superb specimens
have come from the Maharashtra province of India.
This species occurs in vesicles (cavities formed
by gas bubbles trapped in lava when it cools).
Gift of Mrs. Hertha Haist,
in memory of her late husband Dr. M. Hans Frohberg.
Image Courtesy: Royal Ontario Museum

Eric Armusik Image:
Title: Right in Front of Her
Artist: Eric Armusik
Image Courtesy: Eric Armusik

Coming Next Month: In August Image Sol LeWitt:
Title: Wall Drawing #1136, 2004
Artist: Sol LeWitt (American 1928-2007)
© The estate of Sol LeWitt.
Photo: Photography by John Wilson White
Exhibition: ARTIST ROOMS: Sol LeWitt at the Tate Liverpool
through September 13, 2009