Birthdays – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1003 (4/8/14)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French

“Wait. If These Aren’t My Birth Control Pills, What Did I Just Send My Dad For His Birthday?”, 1882

Oil on canvas

Walter Robertson, Irish

“Hmm? Your Birthday Cake? Uhhh, No — Haven’t Seen It,” 1796

Oil on canvas

Bartholomeus van der Helst, Dutch

Woman Telling Husband That For Her Birthday This Year, She’d Like Either Flowers or Breast Implants, 1670

Oil on canvas

Charles Green, English

Male Stripper, Stalling for Time Until the Damn Kid Leaves the Room, 1890

Watercolor on paper

Alfred Stevens, Belgian

Mother and Daughter Arriving a Bit Overdressed for the Chuck E. Cheese Birthday Party, 1886

Pastel

Henry Raeburn, Scottish

Lord Braxfield, Gift-Wrapping Himself For His Wife’s Birthday, 1798

Oil on canvas

Pompeo Batoni, Italian

Venus Presenting Aeneas With Armor Forged By Vulcan (When He Was Secretly Hoping for an PlayStation 4), 1748

Oil on canvas

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Austrian

Grandfather’s Birthday (Well, Not Really, But It’s Better Just To Humor Him), 1849

Oil on canvas

Jan van Eyck, Flemish

Still From “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” Stop-Motion Christmas Special, 1436

Oil on wood

Albrecht Durer, German

Jesus Wearing the New Pajamas His Mom Gave Him (For the First and Last Time), 1498

Oil on wood