That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 05, 2020

The chauffeur brought in the shofar.

“Can you believe this guy. He wants me to blow that horn after he had his lips on it. That’s how you spread the Coronavirus.”

“Who is this ‘Ernie Kovacs’ who wants our picture?”

Hey, look guys! I got this really nifty horn free for ordering a Happy Meal.

“You’re welcome to join us, but we have a rather strict dress code. Black coats, white collars, and underneath we go combat.

Govert Flinck never forgave his mother for his name. It’s true! You can look it up! (snicker)

A meeting of the “Sons of the Bird” captured by an artist, who is about to have his soul captured in a horn…

explanation:

Look carefully at the mirror on the right… a large bird claw is shown …

Heinlein’s The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag involves “The Sons of the Bird” and things seen in mirrors that you wish you hadn’t seen…

and souls sucked into bottles … perhaps in this case a horn

the arquebusiers get together for their weekly gunpowder sniffing session…

I hate it when the black suit starts sliding toward a charcoal gray.

“This is my fourth interview for a floofy collar. I swear if they blackball me again, I’ll show them where to put that danged horn.”

Knock..knock “I’m wasted guys..Cool the pizza delivery is here.”

Cigar box model audition 2nd place.

“Go ahead Johann, it’s your turn to ride the goat!”

Yeah, all three of us were in the same mini-van when it got rear ended.

Who let this guy in?

You would think the Age of Enlightenment would be a bit . . . less dark.

Pieter looking smug, while being presented the Horney Dutchman Award for the 4th year in a row!

Jus’ take dat horn and blow dem walls down Satchmo!

If you’re horny and you know it, clap your hands…

What the heck is that in the upper right corner?

This is a private meeting. Do not enter unless you want to look like this forever.

I forget…is it black or white that is not a color but rather the absence of color? Awh, who cares, we got ’em both covered.

I won’t call the constable if you’ll refill it for me…

What history didn’t tell us about the Dutch East India “Tea” Company.

“You see what I have to put up with? … Just because it’s my turn to buy the round!”

Fancy bibs were the order of the day at the Sloppy Eaters Convention.

Four Governors of the Arquebusiers’ Civic Guard, Amsterdam, 1642 or The Governors of the Kloveniersdoelen, 1642 or Governors of the Arquebusiers Civic Guard Hall, 1642:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_overlieden_van_de_Kloveniersdoelen_Rijksmuseum_SK-C-370.jpeg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting. This is a different caption repeat of a prior strip. First Other versions has the strip’s coloration.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/flinck_govert.html

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=7994

http://www.all-art.org/history252-20.html

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/285/govaert-flinck-dutch-1615-1660/

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095824219

https://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/govaert-flinck-1615.php

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/f/flinck/biograph.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPhLoy0FICMC&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/flink.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 3 works by him have been used here (4 times, with this repeat). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/03/24?comments=visible 

has the prior. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/03/15?comments=visible 

has its first use; while my messed up comment remains with its 29 hyperlinks inactive (?&@#!#%&!), its text may be informative.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2377 (February 4, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The Syndics of the Spliffmakers Guild.

Rembrandt’s painting of another Amsterdam Militia Company is a lot more interesting.

That’s a nice bong, I’d keep it if I were you

Before shirts vs skins became the defacto choice for opposing teams, the ruffled vs unruffled approach was attempted.

Time to blow the shofar. no, no, no! That’s my ear trumpet!

They used to think that radium therapy — even radium salts ingestion (!) — was good for what ails you, too. That was good for the quacks, for a while any way.