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   Linguist said, 4 months ago

   Please don’t take my Kodak away.
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   orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

   Why Bible Stories Should Never Be “Modernised.”
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   Rickapolis said, 4 months ago

   Rehearsal for ‘Dancing with the Stars’.
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   pcolli said, 4 months ago

   “You see, I can also give people illnesses, too.” “Now where’s that supper you promised?”
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   Ottodesu said, 4 months ago

   @Linguist

   i must insist on correcting:
   Please Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away
   I am currently scanning a batch of slides, actually.
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   lisapaloma13 said, 4 months ago

   The Magdalene at the House of the Pharisees
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   win said, 4 months ago

   As long as you’re down there…
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   orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

   @lisapaloma13

   Yes, but the table and chairs and dinner jackets just don’t have the same effect.
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   Dogsniff said, 4 months ago

   “Get up honey, it’s not going to be your last supper.”
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    caseyman said, 4 months ago

    Why can’t I stay for the port and cigars? WHY? Oh, boo hoo.
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    Chris Maple said, 4 months ago

    Is that an afro? a halo? a peacock’s tail?
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    Wolf Emperor said, 4 months ago

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen any other religious paintings that take place at a modern formal dinner like this!
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    mabrndt said, 4 months ago

    Repeat.
    
    Enlarged image can be found here, or here, or at the only work, by this artist, so far, to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog.
    
    Mary Magdalene in the house of Simon the Pharisee (links show Wikipedia pages — her Catholic Encyclopedia bio, and Wikipedia page about the depicted event) is shown, with a different coloration framed image, by its Google translated current-location page.
    
    @lisapaloma13 provided another title above — thanks! A different coloration, click-to-enlarge, framed image, along with a description, can be found here.
    
    Wikipedia pages (sometimes Google translated) for the painting’s identified figures: Antoine Duc-Quercy as Christ, Liane de Pougy as Mary Magdelene, Ernest Renan as Simon the Pharisee, Hippolyte Taine, Jean-Jacques Weiss, John Lemoinne, Edmond Taigny, (Michel) Eugène Chevreul, Alexandre Dumas, fils, Dr. Adrien Proust, and the artist; his collection (more under Subcategories).
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    finale said, 4 months ago

    Futile attempt at breaking into the “old boys club”.
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    The Wolf In Your Midst said, 4 months ago

    “Oh, Jesus….”
    “Hey, don’t try to get ME involved, pal. This is all on you.”
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