Money – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1188 (4/8/15)

Nicolaes Maes, Dutch

Columbus’ Accountant Calculating Business Mileage Deduction for Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, 1656

Oil on canvas

Albert Anker, Swiss

Santa’s Accountant Stumbling Upon Multimillion-Dollar “Nice List”-Fixing Scheme, 1874

Oil on canvas

Jean Béraud, French

Before They Were Stars: Susan B. Anthony (Center) Twerking For Tips, 1879

Oil on panel

Lance Calkin, British

Santa’s Billionaire Brother, Mortimer Claus IV, 1890

Oil on canvas

Edouard Quitton, Belgian

“So Were You Ever Planning To Tell Your Mother and Me You Were Stripping? Or Were You Just Going To Wait Until We Opened This W-2?,” 1884

Oil on oak

Gustave Caillebotte, French

“One Day, Sweetheart, All This Will Be Yours. Pending the Outcome of the SEC Investigation, Of Course,” 1875

Oil on canvas

Jan Victors, Dutch

Gabriel’s Unfortunate Tendency To Break Wind Upon Takeoff Would Come Back To Haunt Him At Bonus Time, 1649

Oil on canvas

José Ferraz de Almeida Junior, Brazilian

Judas Kicking Himself For Not Taking His 30 Pieces of Silver in Bitcoin, 1880

Oil on canvas

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian

Santa Claus, Wondering if He Can Claim the Elves as Dependents, 1480

Fresco

Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim, Bohemian-Austrian

“It’s Okay, Dad. Lots of People Accidentally Put $95 Million Winning Powerball Tickets Through the Dryer,”Before 1901

Oil on panel