That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 20, 2018

The downside of an artist getting an award from the king is that it ruins his reputation as a starving artist.

There was much trepidation on both sides when the Maître D handed his guest the bill.

“Upper-class Twit of the Year” award.

First time I’ve ever seen guys with camel-toes.

The monthly meeting of the Girdles For Men Club.

“….and the prize for the least sexy contestant goes to……”

Sir James askks " Whom are you trying to fool, Mabel?"

What time do the broads get here?

“Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout my tight pants…”Inspiration for the Jimmy Kimmel sketch.

Considering this is actually about distributing the prize money to the winning artists at the Salon, it might as well be captioned, “Paying off the peons.”

The higher the collar, the lower the IQ. The finer the embroidery, the sleazier the morality.

Mike Pence’s earliest role model.

Painted in the day, when bribing the President was done in public.

Celebrating the world’s greatest art thief.

Distribution of awards to artists at the end of the 1824 Salon, January 15, 1825: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_des_r%C3%A9compenses_aux_artistes_%C3%A0_la_fin_du_Salon_de_1824,_le_15_janvier_1825.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate most pages if necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting, including the correct artist.

Rouget died in 1869, 23 years before this was painted. Joconde attributes it to the copier Roujat. It says the copy of Heim’s painting, of which this is a detail image, was commissioned by France’s Ministry of Education in 1892, when it was painted. I couldn’t find any other details about Roujat. Charles X, in the center, is distributing the awards, though I guess to some it appears he’s receiving something.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2000 (July 19, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The guy in the back on the left said, “Hey, don’t forget your hat!”.

early French gay bar naming the queen for a day.

I still think Jeff Conaway would have won this competition.

Hey, he cheated, that is Andrew Jackson!