Main Cover Image William Holman Hunt:
Title: Isabella and the Pot of Basil, 1867
Artist: William Holman Hunt (English 1827-1910)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Permanent Collection: © Tyne & Wear Museums
Image Courtesy: Manchester Art Gallery

Gustave Caillebotte Image:
Title: Richard Gallo and His Dog at Petit Gennevilliers, 1884
Artist: Gustave Caillebotte (French 1848-1894)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 89 x 116cm
Private Collection
Image Courtesy: Ordrupgaard

Italian Drawings from Leonardo to Piranesi Image:
Title: Kopf eines Cherubs / Head of a Cherub, 1505-1512
Artist: Raphael (Raffael) (Italian 1483 - 1520)
Medium: Black Chalk
Dimensions: 298 x 234 mm
Photographer: Christoph Irrgang
Permanent Collection: © Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk
Image Courtesy: Hamburger Kunsthalle

Deluded Eye Trompe L'Oeil Image:
Title: Borgerskapets insignier / Trompe l´œil Även kallad Den Rålambska brevväggen, 1673
Artist: Cornelis Gijsbrechts (Flemish active 1659-1675)
Medium: Oil on Canvas / Olja på duk
Dimensions: 158 x 205
Photographer: Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum
Riddarhuset, Rålambska depositionen, Stockholm
Image Courtesy: National Museum, Stockholm Sweden

Books in the Age of Rembrandt Image:
Title: Old woman reading a lectionary, 1635
Artist: Gerard Dou (Dutch 1613-1675)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Permanent Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Image Courtesy: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Diamonds Image:
Title: Milky Way Necklace, 2000
Artist: Dieter Huebner of Toronto for Brinkhaus Jewellers (Vancouver)
Medium: 2,000 diamonds weighing 67.96 carats suspended in a platinum grid
Winner of De Beers Diamonds International Award in
2000 for this salute to the millennium
Photo © C. Philip Hersee Photography Ltd.
Image Courtesy: Royal Ontario Museum

Byzantium Art 330-1453 Image:
Title: The Khludov psalter, ca. 857-865
Unknown Artist
Medium: Parchment, ink, cinnabar, gold painting, tempera, wood and leather
Dimensions: 21 x 17.5 x 6 cm
Permanent Collection: The State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russian Federation,
GIM 86795 Khlud. 129, fol. 67r
Photograph: © The State Historical Museum
Image Courtesy: Royal Academy of Arts

Two Medici Queens Image:
Title: La Reine distribue le butin (The Queen distributes the spoils),
Post 1607
Artist: Fauburg Saint-Marcel factory
Medium: Wool, Silk, Silver and Gold
Dimensions: 497 x 166 cm
Permanent Collection: Mobilier National & Manufactures des Gobelins, Paris
Image Courtesy: Palazzo Strozzi

William Holman Hunt Image:
Title: Hireling Shepherd, 1851
Artist: William Holman Hunt (English 1827-1910)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Permanent Collection: © Manchester City Galleries
Image Courtesy: Manchester Art Gallery

Jan Lievens Image:
Title: The Feast of Esther, c. 1625
Artist: Jan Lievens (Dutch 1607 - 1674)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Permanent Collection: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Purchased with Funds from the State of North Carolina
Image Courtesy: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portraits: Van Eyck to Titian Image:
Title: Margaret, the Artist’s Wife, 1439
Artist: Jan van Eyck (Flemish active 1422; died 1441)
Permanent Collection: Groeningemuseum, Bruges (0000.GRO0162.I)
© Lukas - Art in Flanders VZW
Image Courtesy: National Gallery London

Fabergé, Tiffany & Lalique Image:
Title: Cigarette Case, 1908
Artist: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1846 – 1920)
Medium: Gold, Enamel, Diamonds
Permanent Collection: The Royal Collection
© 2007, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 40113.
Image Courtesy: Cleveland Museum of Art

Eero Saarinen Shaping the Future Image:
Title: Sketch of David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1953
Image Courtesy Eero Saarinen Collection. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University.

Coming Next Month: In November Image AGO Reopens:
Title: The Massacre of the Innocents c. 1611-12
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577-1640)
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 142 x 182 cm (56 x 71¾ ins)
The Thomson Collection
Copyright Art Gallery of Ontario 2008
Image Courtesy: Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition: Thomson Collection & AGO Reopening