That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 13, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  over 1 year ago

    The Artist: Hey, it took me 5 years to get all the details right. I also had to replace some of the models that died while I was painting it.

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    Solstice*1947  over 1 year ago

    /// In the Tribuna of the Uffizi,

    Johann Zoffani captured what we’d see.

    Eighty great works of art,

    (some complete, some in part).

    It’s where tribute and forgery meet. See?

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Before Porn Hub

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    ronaldspence  over 1 year ago

    when hoarders are patrons of the arts…

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    PraiseofFolly  over 1 year ago

    The artist Johann Zoffany

    Was fond of a pneumatic fanny

    And of the various nude parts

    Commonly exposed in “great arts”

    But not in normal society —

    That would be scandalous impropriety!

    And yet his art had approval conferred

    By Charlotte and King George the Third.

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    Johann would paint objects scattered around

    Paintings, sculptures, diverse things that he found.

    His working art studio seemed crazy-busy,

    Judging from “The Tribuna of the Uffizi”

    A wild frat house in its appearance,

    The despair of staid middle class parents

    (One could think to see John Belushi

    Spewing mashed potatoes and sushi!)

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    I’m surprised Zoffany’s given no credit

    By online bloggers or big sites like Reddit

    In starting the “Where’s Waldo” craze

    Way back in English pre-Regency days.

    (Can any of you see where Waldo’s hiding?

    I see him amongst it all, but I’m not confiding.)

    No, Zoffany was no starving artist,

    His shtick was fun and among the smartest.

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    Solstice*1947  over 1 year ago

    /// In the Best Picture’s sci-fi conceit,

    there’s a “multiverse” where folks repeat.

    In one version that lingers,

    people have “hot-dog fingers.”

    There, Zoffany must paint with his feet.

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    Mats Dahlgren Premium Member over 1 year ago

    You really nailed this on, Steve :)

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    orinoco womble  over 1 year ago

    Have to say I’m impressed with so many miniatures of the greats, so small and yet perfectly recognisable, and all done by hand.

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    A Common 'tator  over 1 year ago

    Spot the one art piece that doesn’t include a naked body…

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    cdward  over 1 year ago

    Now that’s a quick turn-around time!

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    jdculhane46  over 1 year ago

    Garage sale at the louvre museum

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    thebashfulone  over 1 year ago

    Leonardo’s stamp collection, super-sized.

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    Olddog1  over 1 year ago

    There used to be a restaurant in Baltimore named Hussner’s that had so much wall art that there was barely any space between the frames. This reminded me of that right off.

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    Egrayjames  over 1 year ago

    At the ‘Starving Artist Exhibition’ of 1775 you could get some great artwork for less than fifty quid!

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    [Traveler] Premium Member over 1 year ago

    One man’s junk can be another’s treasure

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    Ubintold  over 1 year ago

    All that, all the time.

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    EMGULS79  over 1 year ago

    “The envelope, please.

    And the award for most spectacular detail in a comic strip goes to…Steve Melcher!"

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    Dogtreat Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I don’t even know where to look.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 1 year ago

    In the late 1700’s, Zoffany staged the first Art Immersion Exhibit. It was such a huge flop it was 200 years before the idea was tried again.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 1 year ago

    “Mein freund… you know that you could have just bought Herr Melcher’s book, nein?”

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 1 year ago

    And…Everything Everywhere All at Once……won it all!

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    stamps  over 1 year ago

    Yard sale at Buckingham Palace.

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    Another Take  over 1 year ago

    The single biggest art forgery ever all in a single painting. The Louvre will never live down their purchase and authentication of it!

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    anomaly  over 1 year ago

    “The wall is red. This room could use some art to fill in the gaps.”

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    Calvins Brother  over 1 year ago

    Why is it only the nudes people are looking at?

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    Buzzworld  over 1 year ago

    “Um Henry, that’s a statue you’re talking to.”

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    Tyge  over 1 year ago

    Someone should have installed a Prozac lick in the artists studio!

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    greenlynn Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Well played!

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 1 year ago

    The Tribuna of the Uffizi

    Paste (including the quote marks) 

    "Category:Uffizi Tribuna (Zoffany)" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

    (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Google, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3095 (March 12, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by this artist have been used here, the August 29, 2012, strip bring the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

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    ChukLitl Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I want to hear from Pauly Shore. 2 actors from Encino Man won Oscars.

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 1 year ago

    busy night at the local porn shop, men only.maybe that’s the point.wives don’t compare to the models.

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Okay, Smart Guys. Let’s See If You Can Find Waldo When He’s NAKED!

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Sure, the shutdown of the Vatican after the mass arrest of abusive priests was a huge scandal, but the police auction was amazing!”

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “To prove you aren’t a robot, click on every picture that contains a naked person.”

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “I swear, I only come here for the weekly Literary Salon!”

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Well…..look at that. Another Renaissance masterpiece. You can never have too many of those.”

    Worst Baby Shower Ever

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Tucker Carlson releases unedited, photographic proof that January 6 was a “peaceful gathering of sophisticated aesthetes.”

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Check out what’s in this box – ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ on vinyl, not a scratch on it! Now THAT is priceless! Can you believe I only paid $750 for this whole locker?”

    Storage Wars: Firenze

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    calmom75 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Most comics are produced weeks in advance. I wonder if he had a painting for every film nominated and the syndicate just printed the winner from last night?

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I’m here to throw food at the paintings in support of climate change. Am I too early?

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