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1. about 18 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Confidences: 

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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 1955.798, 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 #3421 (December 3, 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, 3 works by him have been used here, the April 24, 2024, strip being the prior.

2. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   Resting: 

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   "Category:Ernest Ange Duez" 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 Resting, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) 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 #3420 (December 2, 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 end of the URL). I’ve 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.

3. 6 days ago on That is Priceless

   Dawn: 

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   "Category:Edmund Hodgson Smart" 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 1998.40, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly lifesize painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3419 (November 28, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu. I’ve 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.

4. 7 days ago on That is Priceless

   Odysseus before Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians: 

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   "Category:Odysseus in 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 117888, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. If your browser isn’t set up to handle .tif images, to see an enlarged image there and avoid the 30.68 MB image download to your device, click a size under the image, rather than the image itself. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3418 (November 27, 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 .jpg from the URL). I’ve 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. 8 days ago on That is Priceless

   Master Isaac Newton in His Garden at Woolsthorpe, in the Autumn of 1665: 

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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 Hannah, 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 #3417 (November 25, 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 sparse info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him to appear here.

6. 8 days ago on That is Priceless

   Added a Depicted place pointer to the file pointed to by my comment below as well as its Source file. Thanks again!!

7. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Singer’s Contest on the Wartburg: 

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   "Category:Lutes in paintings" 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 921, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this huge painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3416 (November 25, 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, 3 works by him have been used here, the October 15, 2020, strip being the prior.

8. 12 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.

9. 13 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).

10. 13 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.