The atist is Walter T. Crane; the subject is supposed to be the meeting of Ruth and Boaz from the Book of Ruth, chapter 2, in the Old Testament. it looks to me like Crane never read the story. if he had, he would know that there was never any picnic. Boaz gave Ruth some bread when he saw her cleaning in the field after his workers. That’s it. And where the weird pseudo-19th century pseudo-German armor comes from is really beyond me. How many farmers do you know who wear armor in the hot sun at harvest time?
has the prior work (which, sadly, still has all the 17 hyperlinks in my comment there, inactive @#$%&!).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1792 (September 28, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
BE THIS GUY about 7 years ago
“It’s hard to get in a romantic mood with all the serfs around here.”
Bilan about 7 years ago
She’s waiting for the steak meal (she was promised serf and turf).
orinoco womble about 7 years ago
“Look, Wulf…I’m giving you back your friendship bracelet. This just isn’t working.”
J Short about 7 years ago
Lars looks for shade as his chain mail begins to approach 120 in the sun.
rugeirn about 7 years ago
The atist is Walter T. Crane; the subject is supposed to be the meeting of Ruth and Boaz from the Book of Ruth, chapter 2, in the Old Testament. it looks to me like Crane never read the story. if he had, he would know that there was never any picnic. Boaz gave Ruth some bread when he saw her cleaning in the field after his workers. That’s it. And where the weird pseudo-19th century pseudo-German armor comes from is really beyond me. How many farmers do you know who wear armor in the hot sun at harvest time?
katzenbooks45 about 7 years ago
“The loaf of bread was fine. The jug of wine was fine. But thou, not so much.”
Larry Miller Premium Member about 7 years ago
I see the problem. He hasn’t pulled them off yet.
mabrndt Premium Member about 7 years ago
Ruth and Boaz:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_T._Crane_-_Ruth_and_Boaz_(1863).jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome – can translate pages if necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly legal letter size painting.
http://www.all-art.org/history424.html
is the start of info about this artist (click any of his name links for more). If you want even more,
https://archive.org/details/cu31924014894558
has a book about him. So far, 2 works by him have been used here.
http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2015/09/16?comments=visible
has the prior work (which, sadly, still has all the 17 hyperlinks in my comment there, inactive @#$%&!).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1792 (September 28, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
Funny_Ha_Ha about 7 years ago
Dorothy, hand me the oil can. I’ve been rusted in this position since the Wizard of Oz came out.
SallyLin about 7 years ago
I think she’s checking her pulse, afraid he’s boring her to death.