Author: Steve Melcher

 

Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Dutch

Portrait of Legendary Jazz Trumpeter/Pretzel Chef Chet the Baker, 1681

Oil on canvas

Julius LeBlanc Stewart, American

It Was Alexandra’s First Modeling Gig and She Faced Quite the Dilemma: Was the Move Here To Mention the Fire Ants, or Just Focus on Her Yoga Breathing For Three Hours?, 1899

Oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin, French

Tonight! On “Kids Suckle the Darndest Things,” mid-1630s

Oil on canvas

Charles Tschaggeny, Belgian

“I’m Just Saying, Chuck, I Wouldn’t Get Too Comfortable Leaving All Your Crap Out Here in the Open. They’re Forecasting Rain For a Year From Next Thursday,” 1858

Oil on panel

 

Johann Heinrich Kosakowsky, Russian

As He Sat Down in the Bathroom Stall, Ed Suddenly Realized That the Only Thing Worse Than a Cold Toilet Seat Is a Warm One, 1877

Oil on canvas 

 

Workshop of Guercino, Italian

Portrait of the Famed Renaissance Artist Cléavaggio, ca. 1630-66

Oil on canvas

Jan Veth, Dutch

Unfortunately, the Sisters’ Lactose Intolerance Was So Severe They Couldn’t Even Say Cheese, 1885

Oil on canvas

Laurits Andersen Ring, Danish

Happy 20th Anniversary, Hairy Potter!, 1890

Oil on canvas