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1. 2 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Ugly Duchess or Portrait of an Old Woman or A Grotesque old woman: 

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   "Category:Undated paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave 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 Quentin, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3415 (November 22, 2024) 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, 2 works by him have been used here, the August 10, 2012, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

2. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   Again, for those who use the Brave search engine, had I chosen to search for

   "Category:Yerres River" Wikimedia

   instead of what I chose (which it currently doesn’t find first), it would have found that (which the DuckDuckGo search engine currently doesn’t find).

3. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Swimmer or The Diver or Bathers or Bathers, Banks of the Yerres: 

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   "Category:Paintings of Yerres river" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Plongeur, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. Other versions shows the strip coloration image. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2307 (10/15/19) (November 20, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 14 works by him have been used here (20 times total, including this Throwback Thursday, and 5 prior repeats), the October 15, 2019, strip being its first use. The November 11, 2019, strip has his most recent non-repeat.

4. 4 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Talking Oak: 

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   "Category:William Maw Egley" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave 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 Talkingoak, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history shows the cropped, strip coloration image. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3414 (November 20, 2024) 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 the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

5. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   Oil on panel

6. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   Again, for those who use the Brave search engine, had I chosen to search for

   "Category:Paintings of boys by John George Brown" Wikimedia

   instead of what I chose (which it currently doesn’t find first), it would have found that (which the DuckDuckGo search engine currently doesn’t find; it currently only finds expletive Pinterest).

7. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   A Sure Catch: 

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   "Category:Caps in art" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo 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 Sure, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3413 (November 19, 2024) 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 the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 10 works associated with him have been used here (12 times total, including 2 repeats), the January 18, 2024, strip being the prior (a repeat). The October 24, 2023, strip shows the latest non-repeat by him.

8. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   I meant the MASTERPIECE #3412 (November 18, 2024) blog entry.

9. 6 days ago on That is Priceless

   Old Woman Reading a Book: 

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   "Category:Undated paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave 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 Gerard, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly US Government letter size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3410 (November 13, 2024) 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, 7 works associated with him have been used here, the March 30, 2016, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comments there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

10. 7 days ago on That is Priceless

    Looking at its Provenance on that webpage before seeing your comment, that it was looted during WWII never crossed my mind. Good catch!!