The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-23
YINCrS NORMA LISA STOLEN /?
tr,r RIIiN sun TO HlTE omar
IOIIRE PORTRiIT.
,r,., >urstuuIrd for Painting. which d
4. Nl,n called IL JOeOnde''- Paris
r,p-r Alleges Completely Of HiEh
nrnciaI Dealers Her~ Not SURPRISED.

F,rr- July -. The Cri Dc Paris says
.., that Leonardo ia Vincis master
... m. Norma Lisa portrait. was
O.. .. from tho galleries ot the Louvre
.. ,rsh' about month ago through the
.-. rri,y Of a high otficial ot thu museum
.py Il the painting was put in the
f., r.. IN place ~ IN" original.
u. paper asserts that the genuine
r'.rr n. - now in New York II says that
N.y York millionaire collector whose
rr,.t,s are J.K W " has the original
rr zeal art circles tho announcement "
-. -ourrtsd theft ~ the Norma LIS,
a.. --c,l,ed with great interest hut with
..,' - much surpris. might have been
,,rs.rad The consensus "f opinion
W, that in view of similar thefts that
N-r.. been made from the Louvre and con-
,isring 'he value and charm Of IA Ninci's
rreA' painting It's acquisition sooner NJ
h'.r 10y collector ~ unlimited means
w.. not A. An improbable"
- news II such theft. however. had
-. nod New York before tn" arrival ~
srday cable despatch. and none 1t
'ra important dealers or art collectors
or 'r,- side " the water could shed any
r.r- It,ru the possible identity of j h
" " \ canvass IT ART collectors who
q ,ySr' com. under the category 81 New
~. rnlhonaires- failed to reveal one
Vtr-a initials evrn remotely correspond
-. -. .sk,
= no Paris
,s.uardo ia NinCis portrait ~ Norma
lr.s also called Ia Jcconda- "r Ia
G.r,uuda ~ one ~ the worlds famous
rs,n'ings In European art circles II -
c.~.'isr.d to rank second IN Vah" only
O. ~. Sistin. Madonna hv Raphael
RD't ara priceless n il a matter ~ So--
49, though no oficill Verincatinn If III"
annoy has ever h.sn given. that IN"
pr-.,h Government offered A. .O"r. "r
q. Ia Ircondr- and that m" rnsr Mas
-''l-'d
Ih- most striking faa'ura - IA" ppr-
'-..' - ~" mysterious -nil" that turks
'r, eyes and lips Il 'n'k Leonard"
go wears 80 bring out this peculiar "N.
.r.-s on. and ~ the end 81 thai tim' he
declared the work Ia l." s,iIl unfn -hNd
'.F 'si~N " ItAlH'"N 80 WV INV
.,Ni,ult and pain.'qEing IN tNa eNtr-n'
rl NrnCi found tina, his model who was
no third wife ~ Flnrentin". Francescp
sol Giocondo tWhencr th" na-n.,. assumed
the peculiar expression wh'ri ~ wanted
20 depict only whom a. "is, IN crra'in
ros'ure and when r~t"nin" - = r'rta'n
strain of music ~ other Tunes thus ~
preston was la~kIng Tn PAINTER VA
has able 10 work only Tor brief p"rIni~
md AZ infreuuent Intervals IN order that
he effect Of IN" music upon hiS mode!
.hould not waar ~
Ir Arthur MahleT IN his Paintings 81
'r. Louvre calls Norma Lisa IN" most
fleet work Of art ever produced He
..-.S IN
h. faScina'ion and ChargI ~ the por-
..tr it'll remain de-pi'.. the fact that IN.
l-.I itnts - the skin and the brightness
ha." disappeared and tn. underlying gray
,-'.ug ~ visin,e Let him. says NaSari
, sr slice 10 know Ia what degree art
4 ',H. initiate nature cont"mplat" tins PIC
II IL rFther divine work than the
.. q man That which strikes liz -
nobility in IN" apparently immohlle
Norma Lisa - seated in a low
.., 1u the left arm Of which she leans
sa'y rests an arm. her long. narrow
-.'''rl ola the point II dangerously
'.-.ug IA" corners Of the mouth are a
.' raf-.d and there is "a mysterious and
..,.g halle smile on the lips, The
.a..- are lncomp arahly moulded and one
ra. .,. most feel their warmth aad velvety
-.''ra--
'.Nnardp was the first artist who vas
f.. 20 painting 10 render tn" texture
o. .."uo-S II the skin A stone balus-
''... -srlra'es IN" figur. from the land
-.... AVID -"rv-- To incline Il toward the
-.r. 'r.Hr a. M" same tim. leaving u
..'...' aI with the background Many
'... ~" m" distances which We see
..--'' 'I... mountains. and II - a land
fantastic dreamland far beyond
... b FOR IA. little bridge - TO indi
,a.. ..-rnu"" and -eem- to lead 10 other
us- econ said and written con
90 10 20" Norma Lisa but no one has
ed 100 -" "uiRrnaS of this sphinx
Walter Pat"r ia -Th. RenaIs-
cod. .,y- = thus mystic creation. Tn.
''-.. thar thus rusa - strangely Ire
-.. .... waters - oNuTeSsIVe Of what IN
.. .- - . 'hpV-and years men have
''-.r" Hers - the head upon
fT'. ..uds Of the world are come
.y"uds are a little weary II IL
s~n Ight ont from within the
.'.. ... I"f,slt. littl. cell by cell OF
thoughts and fantastic reveries
-l'" lt~-ipns All the thoughts
"-'"nCe- II the world have etched
.'- i'n"r. 10 that which they have
% r"'in" and make expressly"
- ...' ''rm she IL older than the
e. "a Inch sh" sits. like the VAN
at r'-"u dead many times and
81" .r'''- ~ tn" grave. and has
10 I""p seas and keeps their
0.Y' her. and 'Taffiss-,i for
NItu Eastern merchants \
. .r'.Ir n compare any other
.tr,ip ~ II his contemporaries
.ali"rful creation
uV has teen tho victim Il the
arf Though Pltar Indor-.d
.Hr" % De- generally admitted
H.. %" lu-~ " the VIVID red IT
. '." ,iruatIon hurs pf the