That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 27, 2014

The inventor of stickball.

ABBA has Fernando, in song, in a kinder light.

Stick with what you know, Duke.

Don’t ask him to speak up unless you want him to use that stick!

Apparently, he speaks softly.

“What do you mean, “armour”? This is body art."

Member of the Knights Relay Team. Due to the armor, they always came in last.

“Sticks and stones won’t break my bones… I’m wearing a suit of armor!”

Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (also has some earlier colorations found elsewhere), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Portrait of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (links show Wikipedia pages, Google translated Spanish 2nd page has more) isn’t, as far as I can tell, shown online by its current-location (Google translated).He was no doubt the best general to sit for the artist; quite possibly the Duke in the opera. The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated Italian Wikipedia page has more) and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).Ninth, of the 9 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.

“The morning flog may chill the air, I don’t care”~ (Kafka moves to ’Frisco and morphs into a gay cockroach)

The toughest dude in Ohio.

Teddy Roosevelt’s inspiration?

Gold inlaid armour is soo nouveau riche…but nobody dared smirk at the Duke!

The artist told Fernando he would paint the stick as a sword, and then he got busy with other stuff and forgot.

Boy! Ah’m gonna whip a knot on yo’ haid!

Here is another work by this artist.