MASTERPIECE #1800 Carlos Esquivel y Rivas, Spanish Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, Stung By the Times’ Bad Review of His Sack of Rome, 1856 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1782 Artist UnknownAustria’s Franz Joseph I After Eight Weeks on Jenny Craig, ca. 1849 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1779 Carl Steffeck, German “Now Hold On a Second. I Was Under the Impression That Fomenting Revolution Was a Misdemeanor,” 1848 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #1734 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German Butter Sculpture of the House of Habsburg, 1838 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1729 Marcos Chillitupa Chávez, Peruvian Opening Titles of the Classic 1470s Sitcom, “The Incan Bunch,” 18th century Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #1677 Charles Robert Leslie, English “Don’t Feel Bad, Todd. Aristotle Got Me With the Saran Wrap on the Toilet Seat Too,” 1812 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1672 Amédée Forestier, Anglo-French French Politicians Congratulating Each Other on Repealing LouisXIVcare, 1914 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1664 Vincenzo Camuccini, Italian Roman Senators Throwing Caesar a Surprise Retirement Party, 1804 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1640 Artist Unknown “Um, Excuse Me, Abraham. You’re Leading Again,” 1865 Rendering based on albumen silver print
MASTERPIECE #1638 Hermann Anton Stilke, German She Was Warned. She Was Given An Explanation Sentenced to Execution. Nevertheless She Persisted, 1843 Oil on canvas