That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 06, 2023

Admiral Bartholomeusz Kortenaer was brave and daring, but unfortunately his size made him an easy target.

Marty was ready to get that cat out of the tree.

When the Dutch Mastergave up cigars he gained a lot of weight!

Remember to paint this as a scepter with an orb and lots of diamonds

. . . did you get that?

. . . are you even listening to me?"

My ulta chrome shaver has taken my grooming to the next level. It’s a game Changer for my mustache.

Great moments in phallic portraiture.

Why you should never hire a pole dancer based only on price

It’s a selfie he took while flying on a witch’s broom.

After Discovering America, Columbus really let himself go.

Mel Brooks, it’s good to be the king

I can usually tell the Dutch painters by the shading used and the round faces. I scrolled down to this one and saw this first. Culture and genetics working together.

“So what are we going for again?”

Not sure… do I want two good eyes of a ‘tally-wacker’ like this?

“Speak softly and carry a big … er … staff?”

That is one ugly guy.

The wife said, “Sweep the kitchen floor before you go to lodge meeting.”

“And now on the wash tub base…

That is really Charles Laughton……..

“Yes, PEONS! BASK in the glory of my magnificent MUSTACHE!!”

Here’s another portrait by same artist. I guess the wealthy who could afford portraits were not underfed.

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-147

Gandalf, before he went to Weight Watchers.

What do you mean this will cure my constipation? Stick it where?

“Yes, these are my ditch-digging clothes! Don’t you see my shovel?”

Feel very sorry for that broom……

“What do you mean, I’m using the billiards cue wrong?”

Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer (1605-65). Vice admiral, admiralty of the Maas, Rotterdam: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

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(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first File: found, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translated most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3143 (June 6, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 4 works by this artist have been used here, the October 7, 2019, strip being the prior. The still available artist info URLs in my comment there are here links in my blog comment.

The ruined result you end up with when you forget to remove the makeup bib.

Egbert, napkin under his…jowls…is all ready to dig into that Maine lobster.

Yes, it is a ten foot pole. Care to touch me?

Bartholomae had difficult time holding on to his “staff” as everyone else wanted a grab.

“Egbert Meeuwsz Cortenaer, Vice Admiral, Admiralty of the Maas, Rotterdam”, 1660

Would you hurry up! This hobbit is ready for his second breakfast!

The brilliant vermilion, or the rich brocade? If you see any other sash you want to try, I’ll hook it off the rack for you.