Mythology – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2170 (4/1/19)

Léon Belly, French

“I’m Flattered, But You’re Wasting Your Time, Ladies. My Sail Blows To the Starboard Side, If You Know What I Mean,” 1867

Oil on canvas

French School 19th Century (Artist Unknown)

“I’m Glad You Like It. I Call It ‘Mercury Stepping in Dog Poop,'” 1877

Oil on panel

John William Waterhouse, English

Aphrodite Using Her 9-Iron Out of a Water Hazard, 1872

Oil on canvas

Evelyn de Morgan, British

Open Auditions to be the New Starbucks Logo, 1886

Oil on canvas

George de Forest Brush, American

“There. I Played ‘Here Comes Peter Cottontail,’ As You Requested. Now Can I Have My Pants Back?,” 1890

Oil on panel

Johannes Gehrts, German

“Oh, They’re Just Teasing You, Honey. You Do NOT Look Like Thor’s Older Sister,” 1884

Oil on linen

Leon Bazille Perrault, French

The Goddess Vanitas, Vowing Never To Cut Her Own Hair Again, 1862

Oil on canvas

Arnold Böcklin, Swiss

Fantastic Beasts and How to Repel Their Unwanted Sexual Advances, 1898

Oil on panel

Hans Thoma, German

Before There Was Megan Thee Stallion, There Was Clarissa Thee Centaur, 1886

Mixed media on paper

Charles Meynier, French

The Greek God Apollo: A Mount Olympus “10,” an L.A. “7,” 1798

Oil on canvas