MASTERPIECE #2121

William Holman Hunt, English

"My Parents Are Spending a Fortune on Our Wedding, So They Don't Want To Take Any Chances.  But Right After the Ceremony, the Leg Irons Come Off.  I Promise," 1850

Oil on mahogany wood or panel

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2015)

George Frederick Harris, Welsh

Boy Showing Mom How He Feels About Being Forced to Take Harp Lessons, 1882

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #2056

John Collier, English

Lacking a Convenient Closet, When Sarah Told Her Parents She Was Gay, She Technically Came Out of the Pantry, 1903

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1968

Hermann Grimm, German

(Mom, From Other Room): "Kids!  I Don't Want You Just Sitting in Front of That Painting All Day.  Now Go Outside and Play!," 1894

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1947

Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, English

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

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1940

Kuroda Seiki, Japanese

"Yes Mom, I'm Geisha.  Openly Geisha.  So You and Dad Are Just Going To Have To Deal With It," 1893

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1923

Josef Kinzel, Austrian

He Knew It Was Silly, But Diedrich Still Got Nervous Whenever He Brought a New Tuba Home To Meet His Parents, 1892

Oil on panel

MASTERPIECE #1874

Edouard Quitton, Belgian

"So Were You Ever Planning To Tell Your Mother and Me You Were Stripping?  Or Were You Just Going To Wait Until We Opened This W-2?," 1884

Oil on oak

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2016)

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian

Santa Claus, Wondering if He Can Claim the Elves as Dependents, 1480

Fresco

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

MASTERPIECE #1745

Eduard Ihlée, German

When You Go To Meet Your Boyfriend's Parents, and They Turn Out To Be in Some Religious Cult, 1839

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1735

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German

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

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1667

Jean-Baptiste Peytavin, French

How Babies Were Delivered Before the Stork, 1808

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1624

Thomas Cooper Gotch, British

"Come On, Now -- We Had a Deal, Trevor.   You Were Allowed To Have a Pet Dragon IF You Took Care of His Litter Box," 1904

Watercolor

MASTERPIECE #1605

Anna Ancher, Danish

The Hot New Parenting Trend: Mommy & Me Tattoos, 1899

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1577

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French

"I Finally Got the Baby Down for His Morning Nap.  Kamikazes on Me!," 1894

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1563

Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Danish

"Mom, I Know This is Going to Sound Crazy, But...I Think There's a Bad Hombre Under My Bed," 1889

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1561

Alice Havers, English

The Virgin Mary, Having Gotten Four Hours of Sleep in the Past Year-and-a-Half, 1888

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1547

William Powell Frith, English

The City Orphanage's Customer Service Department Accepting Returns, 1888

Oil on canvas

MASTERPIECE #1535

Jens Erik Carl Rasmussen, Danish

When You Realize You're Out of Diapers and the Nearest Target is 4000 Miles Away, 1886

Watercolor