all have info, or maybe links with more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here; but, some may remember its prior use, with a different caption:
(my comment there included one of the artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2145 (February 24, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Poor Goliath had to suffer the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” at the hands of that little schmuck, David. Losing his head “was the unkindest cut of all”.
Of course it’s interesting that a Middle-Eastern Shepherd boy is depicted as a muscular, fair-skinned, redheaded European youth! "From the same folks that brought you the Blonde, Nordic-looking “Surfer Jesus”!
“No, I didn’t do him in while he was asleep. His eyelids closed when I knocked him out with a stone and remained closed after I detached his head from the rest of his body. Next question? Yes, you from CNN.”
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
David taking credit for what the guy with a slingshot on the grassy knoll did.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago
You should’ve seen the one that got away.
juncarlo about 5 years ago
I was competing in the target shooting and this is my prize.
Kind&Kinder about 5 years ago
Hey, I’m no philistine, but this guy was just plain ugly!
orinoco womble about 5 years ago
Share it, yeah right, but not to the extent of giving it to someone else!!
Bilan about 5 years ago
Oh, man. It turns out that he wasn’t called Goliath because of his size. This guy has a helluva nasty body odor.
thebashfulone about 5 years ago
“No, I didn’t ‘kiss him to death.’ The rock just happened to look like lips.”
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 5 years ago
“And this, Maurice, is how to get a head in this cruel world.”
aerotica69 about 5 years ago
Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat. And the head of Alfredo Garcia while you’re at it.
Chief Inspector about 5 years ago
he should have quit while he was ahead
Masterskrain Premium Member about 5 years ago
“This is NOT what I was planning on when they said that if I stuck to my job that I’d get ahead…”
J Short about 5 years ago
Back in the day, Rock, Scissors, Paper was a serious game.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
“Is this the right brain, Master ?”
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
“If you can keep your head, when all about you/ are losing theirs, and blaming it on you…” (Kipling)
ptnjbrown about 5 years ago
Can I speak with the manager? I was told if this didn’t fit I could return it.
Rev Phnk Ey about 5 years ago
Hey Leo. Can I borrow Travis’s jar?
Calvins Brother about 5 years ago
This’ll look great over the fireplace.
lagoulou about 5 years ago
One way to cure a headache….
mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago
David with the Head of Goliath:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbetto_-_David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/turchi_alessandro.html
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=7081
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/t/turchi/biograph.html
http://www.galloriturchi.com/orbetto/?lang=en
http://www.thearttribune.com/A-New-Proposed-Attribution-for-the.html
all have info, or maybe links with more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here; but, some may remember its prior use, with a different caption:
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/03/17?comments=visible
(my comment there included one of the artist info URLs).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2145 (February 24, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member about 5 years ago
From the merchandise stand after the concert by Bighead Todd and the Monsters.
MissScarlet Premium Member about 5 years ago
You told me to get ahead.
anomaly about 5 years ago
“I want to thank the Academy for this award. I didn’t know they’d changed the Oscar design.”
Linguist about 5 years ago
Poor Goliath had to suffer the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” at the hands of that little schmuck, David. Losing his head “was the unkindest cut of all”.
pcolli about 5 years ago
The things they get up to at university……
Masterskrain Premium Member about 5 years ago
Of course it’s interesting that a Middle-Eastern Shepherd boy is depicted as a muscular, fair-skinned, redheaded European youth! "From the same folks that brought you the Blonde, Nordic-looking “Surfer Jesus”!
d1234dick Premium Member about 5 years ago
not because of lack of good looks, David, could never get enough head.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
Who knew ? There really WAS an “Alfredo Garcia” !
Papared25 about 5 years ago
“No, I didn’t do him in while he was asleep. His eyelids closed when I knocked him out with a stone and remained closed after I detached his head from the rest of his body. Next question? Yes, you from CNN.”
jless about 5 years ago
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 5 years ago
That’s David? I didn’t recognize him in the robe.