MASTERPIECE #1540 Otto Brausewetter, German “Not to Interrupt, But Can You Guys Believe the Natural Light They Get in Here?,” 1888 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1539 William Merritt Chase, American Lauren, the Pathologically Shy Nude Model, 1888 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1537 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French “Plus, If You Buy Today, It’s Zero Down With No Interest Until the Fall of the Ottoman Empire,” 1887 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1536 Henry F. Farny, American “Hey, If We’re Going to Do This, You Mind Flipping Me Over in 20 Minutes? I Want to Make Sure I Tan Evenly,” 1885 Gouache and watercolor
MASTERPIECE #1535 Jens Erik Carl Rasmussen, Danish When You Realize You’re Out of Diapers and the Nearest Target is 4000 Miles Away, 1886 Watercolor
MASTERPIECE #1534 Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British “So Then I Say to Caesar, ‘Oh Yeah? You and Whose Army?’ Which in Retrospect, Was Probably a Mistake,”, 1866 Oil on wood
MASTERPIECE #1533 Ilona Barabas, Hungarian The Virgin Mary Getting Carded at Nazareth Liquors, 1886 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1532 Peter Nicolai Arbo, Norwegian Killing Time During Jury Deliberations at the Salem Witch Trials, 1886 Oil on cardboard
MASTERPIECE #1531 Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski, Polish “Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture (Page 105),” 1885 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #1529 Félix-Henri Giacomotti, French “My Word, Ladies! I Heard That From Down the Hall! Which of You Just Ripped One?,” 1886 Oil on canvas