That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 10, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 3 years ago

    François was hoping that statue for which he was modeling would do the same thing for him that the portrait did for his cousin Dorian.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    “Wait a minute, why am I the only one here who is naked? That guy there is painting the whole studio and everyone else in here.”

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    Strob Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    He had a better fate than the friend he was with, who ended up in the operating theater.

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    ronaldspence  almost 3 years ago

    “Does this lance look like I am overcompensating?”

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    Papared25  almost 3 years ago

    Jacque had a strange feeling of deja vu. Then he remembered he has been in the same state of attire when he had waited 45 minutes for a doctor in an examination room.

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 3 years ago

    The naked truth: Arthur loved his lance a lot!

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 3 years ago

    Men at play at the atelier.

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    orinoco womble  almost 3 years ago

    Nearly Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture.

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    Buzzworld  almost 3 years ago

    “I’m gonna call it “2 Ball in the Corner Pocket”

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    Buzzworld  almost 3 years ago

    Why is the guy in the lower left looking at the artist like that?

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    Egrayjames  almost 3 years ago

    On next weeks episode Ringo Starr gets “Punk’d”!

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    pcolli  almost 3 years ago

    “Never mind the chit chat, who’s next?”

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    P51Strega  almost 3 years ago

    Man in grey standing:“We have many pieces of art here, do you see a piece you like?”

    Man in tan: “Yes, I’d like a piece of that one there.”

    Man in grey standing:“Sir, that’s the model”

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    gopher gofer  almost 3 years ago

    ♩tell me, how much tequila did i drink last night…?

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    lagoulou  almost 3 years ago

    Seems to be an over-abundance of testosterone in one form or another!

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    Reader  almost 3 years ago

    Pierre looks at all the statues and tondos of only busts, and he again wonders why they insisted he strip down to just a paper towel.

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    Lotus  almost 3 years ago

    “I think I’m in the wrong place. I was looking for Castle Anthrax.”

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    rmremail  almost 3 years ago

    Jack could never get any respect. None of these men were interested in who he was, what was inside of him. Everywhere he went, people just looked at him like he was a piece of meat.

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    rmremail  almost 3 years ago

    “Can we have him sit up straight?” “No, then it would be pornography”

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Just another pre-wedding stag night that got out of hand. Those rascals really did it to me last night!

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 3 years ago

    The problem that plagued poor Lance/(O, unhappy happenstance !)/ was his constant desire/ to shed his attire / and parade around town without pants.///But Lance pressed on, undismayed/ for the privates he proudly displayed/ were of shape and of size/ to memorialize/ and from lemons, he made lemonade..///in trousers, he’d been forced to waddle/ both boxers and briefs seemed to throttle/ his preposterous “parts”/ but thanks to the Arts/ he found huge success as a model.

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    Jeffin Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    At least he didn’t get ‘busted’.

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    Another Take  almost 3 years ago

    Before the invention of the camera, Japanese men were forced to work harder at pretending their degenerate behavior was just an expression of “art”.

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    garcoa  almost 3 years ago

    The students asked the model to put a cloth over his private parts, otherwise they were laughing too hard to paint.

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    phritzg Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    “Anybody see a kidney? I seem to be missing one of mine.”

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    wincoach Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    While the students were taking notes they began to realize that male pole dancing just wasn’t the same.

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    Linguist  almost 3 years ago

    The winner of the French Artist’s Billiards Tournament gets a special bronze trophy … The loser gets to pose for that special bronze trophy.

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    Indianapolis Smith  almost 3 years ago

    They didn’t really want “Fast Eddie” and his pool cue to be a nude, but Eddie insisted. After the laughter died down though, Eddie strategically placed a cloth to cover his “embarrassment”.

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    kathywrites Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Last time Pierre will ever agree to cover his wife’s shift at the studio!

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    Dove-Bear  almost 3 years ago

    “And over here, against this wall, as soon as these student finish their model drawing, we’ll put in a couple of shelves for all those busts we have for sale…”

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    Plods with ...™  almost 3 years ago

    Wrong herbs

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    anomaly  almost 3 years ago

    “We appreciate your enthusiasm, but today we’re doing still lifes.”

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    mabrndt Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    The Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon or Houdon in His Studio

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis-L%C3%A9opold_Boilly_-_Houdon_in_His_Studio.jpg 

    (best viewed with Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpage as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this 1808 painting.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/boilly_louis-leopold.html 

    http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/boilly2.htm 

    https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/b/boilly/biograph.html 

    http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/3264/louis-leopold-boilly-french-1761-1845/ 

    https://www.kimbellart.org/collection/ap-199001 

    https://www.askart.com/artist/Louis_Leopold_Boilly/9000885/Louis_Leopold_Boilly.aspx 

    https://prabook.com/web/louis.boilly/2168082 

    https://mr-expert.com/en/artwork-quotes/louis-leopold-boilly-price/ 

    https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.975.html 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 6 works by him have been used here. 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/05/15?comments=visible 

    has the prior (my comment there included one of the artist info URLs).

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2703 (May 9, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    sparklite  almost 3 years ago

    “In the next round, contestants will attempt to snatch away the towel before getting hit with the stick.”

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    MissScarlet Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    When Maria snuck into the studio to study art she didn’t know why women weren’t allowed. She’s now desperately trying to get the painters’ attention (far left) to “get me outta here, stat”.

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    Impkins  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Creating art takes time… like waiting for a pot to Boilly :>)

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    Diat60  almost 3 years ago

    Recommending highly a new comic “Bozo”!

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    d1234dick Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    dwane, volunteering for the gay men’s social cub dinner.

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    Guess05  almost 3 years ago

    Sonny decided to try modeling after after his marriage to Cher fizzled.

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    JH&Cats  almost 3 years ago

    To my right is Paul, who is creating the exotic backgrounds in pastels. These will appear in place of the green screen you see behind the subject. Production staff will add feathers and antennae in the following frames.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Must … not … stare … at … female … sketcher … and … get … attracted …

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Oh hell, I took this job because I thought there were going to be female artists to whomI could show my package!

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