Constantin Hansen, Danish
The Amazing Dmitri, X-Rated Ventriloquist, 1845
Oil on canvas
THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1730 (6/15/17)
Category: Performing Arts
MASTERPIECE #2472
Adrien Jean Madiol, Dutch
“Okay, Now Here’s One For All You Potato Fans Out There: What’s the Difference Between Mashed Potatoes and Pea Soup? Anybody Can Mash Potatoes!…Hello? Is This Thing On?…,” 1873
Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2297
Eastman Johnson, American
Cecily Wanted To Join the Circus But She Couldn’t Afford Trained Poodles, So She Was Forced To Get Creative, ca. 1872-1880
Pastel on wove paper, mounted to canvas on a wooden stretcher
MASTERPIECE #2245
Jan Steen, Dutch
Worst. Broadway Musical. Ever., 1660
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2205
Ludwig Knaus, German
“Um, You Guys? I Think We’re Going To Need a New Sword Swallower,” 1880
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2140
Leopold Loeffler, Polish-Russian
Though His Family Loved It, Cliff’s Ventriloquist Act Somehow Failed To Find a Larger Audience, 1853
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2111
Cesare Maccari, Italian
Though He Knew They Were the Only Way To Get His Subject To Smile, the Improv Troupe Was Really Starting To Get on Leonardo’s Nerves, 1863
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2052
Julius Monien, German
Henry Was Oblivious To the 8-Point Buck Behind Him Because He Was Busy Making the Pheasant He’d Just Shot Disappear, 1886
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2016
Lord Frederick Leighton, English
The Amazing Jeanine, the World’s Lamest Escape Artist, 1878
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1930
Wincenty Wodzinowski, Polish
He Asked Yet a Third Time, But the Amazing Scythio Still Couldn’t Get a Volunteer For His “Sawing a Peasant In Half” Trick, 1890
Oil on canvas