MASTERPIECE #2763 Horace Vernet, French “Captain, I Think This Is the Beginning of a Beautiful French Ship,” 1841 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2762 Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian “So, This Is the Second Circle of Hell. It’s Reserved For Liars, Thieves, and People Who Pronounce the ‘T’ in ‘Often,'” 1823 Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper
MASTERPIECE #2760 Samuel De Wilde, English Charlotte Hated Staying at Those Hostels Where You Have To Bring Your Own Toilet Paper to the Bathroom, ca. 1792 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2759 Philippe-Jacques van Bree, Belgian “Honey, You Can’t Go Out in Public Just Wearing That. Here — Put This On,” 1833 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2758 Carl Daniel Freydanck, German “…18 Bedrooms, 14 1/2 Garderobes, and Best of All For a Family With Teenagers Like Yourselves, It’s Zoned For a Dungeon,” 1838 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2756 Johann Jacob Mezler, German Why the Next Time You Get Shot By Cupid’s Arrow You Might Want To Get an Antibiotic, 1834 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2755 Karl Kollmann, German-Russian General Sükhbaatar, Mongolia’s Best Hope For Gold in the Javelin, 1828 Watercolor
MASTERPIECE #2754 Carl Blechen, German “Relax, Amy. It’s Just Some Followers of ‘That Is Priceless.’ Trust Me — We Don’t Have Anything They Haven’t Seen Before,” ca. 1830 Oil on canvas mounted on plywood
MASTERPIECE #2753 Philippe-Jacques van Bree, Belgian “So Tell Me. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Genre Painting Like This?,” 1861 Oil on panel