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Monday, March 2, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2396















Giovanni Tognolli, Italian

Father Hoping the 5-Second Rule Also Applies To Goats' Teats, 1839

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:51 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, January 9, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2359























Virginie Demont-Breton, French

Neptune's Nanny Taking the Kids Out For the Day, 1881

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:30 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2278

















Max Liebermann, German
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Sure, Being a New Mom Had Been a Little More Stressful Than Kate Had Expected, But All Things Considered She Thought She Looked Pretty Good for 35, 1919

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:49 PM   0 Comments

Monday, August 19, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2268

















Léon Augustin Lhermitte, French

What People Watched Before TV Was Invented, 1908

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:31 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2260

















Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish

Competitors Completing Swimming Portion of the Ironbaby Triathlon™, 1903

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:04 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2197



















Manuel García Hispaleto, Spanish

"I'm Taking Bets on the Royal Baby's Name.  Currently the Favorites are Arthur and Albert, and the Two Biggest Longshots are Cooter and Zeke," ca. 1878

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:30 PM   0 Comments

Monday, February 18, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2141























Francisco Laso, Peruvian

You Could Always Count on Todd To Be the Guest With the Most Unusual Gift at the Baby Shower, 1855

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:29 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2038













George Sheridan Knowles, British

"Sir, the Lab Results Came Back.  The Good News Is This Gentleman IS the Baby's Father.  The Bad News Is He's Also Its Uncle, If You Get My Drift," 1905

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:56 PM   0 Comments

Monday, August 6, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2012

















Mary Cassatt, American

Mother Deciding Once and For All They've Got to Find Closer Day Care, 1893

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:21 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, May 6, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1947















Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, English

Baby Girl Taking First Steps (Toward a Lifetime of Food Issues), ca. 1888

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:17 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, January 11, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1862























William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French

Traditional Provençal Celebration of Successful Potty Training, 1878

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:49 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 18, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1849























Émile Pierre Metzmacher, French

Toddler Demonstrating the Hot Toy for Christmas 1877: Fisher-Price's "My First Child Safety Hazard"™, 1878

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:45 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 20, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1829



















Giorgione, Italian

 Joseph Couldn't Help Wondering Why the "Son of God" Was the Spitting Image of the Mailman, 1502

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:56 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 23, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1809
















Carolus-Duran, French

Portrait of a Restaurant Health Code Violation, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:34 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 15, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1803























Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Swiss

Nanny Wondering What's the Polite Way To Ask Your Boss If She's Familiar With the Concept of a Robe, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, July 2, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1742













Giovanni Tognolli, Italian

 "Oh, Great.  This Is Just the Kind of Thing That Could Make Me Lose Custody Again," 1839

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:02 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1740


















Charles Lock Eastlake, English

Jesus Realizing He Must Have Accidentally Triple-Booked His Babysitting Gigs, 1839

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:22 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1735

















Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German

Portrait of a Woman Breastfeeding While Everyone Else Desperately Tries To Look Busy, 1837

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:59 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, June 4, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1722






















Herbert James Draper, British

"Luckily He's Perfectly Fine, But I Can't Believe Amazon Didn't Send This In Bubble Wrap," 1900

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:49 PM   1 Comments

Sunday, March 19, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1667























Jean-Baptiste Peytavin, French

How Babies Were Delivered Before the Stork, 1808

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:50 PM   0 Comments