That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 16, 2018

“If you want, you can talk to the widow of the artist. She’s right behind you.”

“Okay, okay. I’ll throw in the frame too.”

That nose will look great in my collage daddy.

Tour gets hung up again due to retired Florida high school teacher thinking he knows more than the museum guide.

“Have you got anything in pink?”

Let me refill your glass while you read the contract. Wine or Champagne?

The Archduke was able to smuggle out the priceless orchid by concealing it in his hat.

" Actually, we were looking for something by Peter Max. "

Could you all just hold still for a moment? I’m trying to paint the group.

Allow me tell you how I stole this one from the Prince of Wales.

Everyone is patiently standing in line. It must be Russia. Or an American airport.

The visit of Emperor Franz Joseph in the house of Jan Matejko on 2 September 1880.:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juliusz_Kossak_-_Wizyta_cesarza_Franciszka_J%C3%B3zefa_w_domu_Jana_Matejki_1881.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome – can translate most pages if necessary) has info and links that point to info about this watercolor on paper painting.

https://books.google.com/books?id=QTUTqE2difgC&pg=PA268#v=onepage&q&f=false

has a little info about this artist. Again, those who read Polish might have more success; but, I couldn’t find much else about him (that Chrome could translate anyway), other than what’s pointed to by the first URL. First work by him used here so far.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1864 (January 15, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

This painting of dogs playing poker will be a classic one day!

(mumble) for about 15 minutes (mumble)

the duke and his boyfriend et al peruse his gallery