That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 17, 2020

The lack of sit-ups cut Gustav’s modeling career short.

“Me? Um, no I wasn’t about to take a dump on this box.”

OMG, why would someone even paint that?

“Wait, this isn’t my best side!”

Is this in any way related to the lady that was playing with Cupid last week?

He had a itsy bitsy teeny weeny FILL IN THE REST HERE

the other employees were getting really tired of bob’s butt xeroxing…

Flashback of an old magazine ad: “Be a model—or just look like one.” They don’t tell you what some models look like!

Title: Uncomfortable Guy With Hat Hair.

The pose you have to hold for hours when the painter hears your snarky comment as you enter the studio.

My urologist is having the office redecorated but he still has appointments…

Come and listen to my story bout a man named Jed

a poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed…

Looks like he is stepping on one of the artist’s student’s work.

Reminiscent of a Lucien Freud…

When Olaf detected the heat/ that remained on the “modeling seat”/ he swiftly arose/ and assumed a new pose/ which placed most of his weight on his feet.

Caught !

Constantin decided that doing a nude self-portrait wasn’t as easy as he thought.

Uh, how do you flush this thing?

To Catch A Predator……… Episode 1

The glasses are a nice touch.

Happiness is a warm toilet seat…

The bashful replacement art model for the class was clearly only in it for the paycheck.

The modeling agency’s hunks were all at other jobs, so they sent the bookkeeper.

Dear gods, but his back must have hurt after keeping that pose. Looks like an art school portrait.

But the caption made me snort.

Well don’t I feel just like a porn star in comparison. This pic goes on my mirror for daily inspiration!

The self view, hidden by the model’s ego.

“No — I said I want to paint ‘a Danish SEAMAN’, not Danish semen!”

That has to be one of the most awkward poses ever conceived of!

“Hey, it was either model nude for a couple of weird Danes or sell my blood, again!”

OK, just a minute. I’ll be right back.

A male model from Eckerberg’s studio, 1833 or Male Model Sitting on a Box: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_model,_1833_(Constantin_Hansen).jpg 

(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 more info about this roughly B4 paper size painting. Other versions has strip coloration.

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

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=1681 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/h/hansen/biograph.html 

https://my.meural.com/artists/684  

https://prabook.com/web/constantin.hansen/2506634 

https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=64&wsektion=alle 

https://arkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/articles/the-decoration-of-the-vestibule-at-the-university-of-copenhagen-frue-plads 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 4 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/03/06?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the all but the Danish artist info URL).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2385 (February 16, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

This is what David really looks like, before Michelangelo decided to embellish.

Damn, I dropped the TP in there.

Model saying “Hey, can’t you wait until I’m UP on the box to start painting!??!?!”

“Portrait of a Danish drug addict” or “how to save some money by hiring a hobo off the street”

Jackson, who is being questioned by doctors about him being pregnant, he is amazed too!

Artist’s model regretting his choice of bean burritos for lunch.

“Naked and Afraid”..the pilot, failed due to lack of a female participant.