That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 18, 2020

Euric the Visigoth thought this statue would look great on his front lawn.

Re: the caption – well, they are ‘VISI’goths.

What will happen if everyone were to be locked up for another month.

The painter gets bonus points for “inscribing” his name on the base of the statue.

Judging by how things are NOT hanging, I’d guess that the one putting up the rope is either gelded or a female

Hey guys? We’re not gonna get into any trouble for this?"

Even the statue is embarrassed.

Why do we have to put a necktie on this thing?

who knew that the visigoths were naturists…?

“Reporting live from Rome. It’s the crack of dawn…”

“Just turn this way and come closer….”

Hey Fred…They told me you were hung….and they were right! (Paraphrased from a line in Blazing Saddles)

Oh, I thought your name was Jules…not Jewels.

After hearing about the Trojan Horse the barbarians weren’t taking any chances.

Stop being such a smart Aleric.

Ahhhh, Ancient Rome. A touchy-feely kind of place.

Even under a loin cloth, it’s still there. Watching. Waiting. Pulsating. Throbbing.

Frat party that got (a little) out of control. They’re way past the ‘toga, toga, toga!’ stage.

In his dream, MAGAts put the finishing touches on the donald trump statue.

The party after the toga party.

The Barbarians ravaged Rome/ every column, arch, and dome/ but they’d come to fight/ so they “traveled light”/ and they left their clothing at home.

the visigoths favored clothing optional tours…

Veni_. Vici. Satis est. Satis superque est.

These Confederate statues offend, me as soon as we pull them down everything will be all right.

" Aleric, I didn’t know you were Jewish! "

“Let’s sack Florence next. I hear there’s a statue there of some David guy who looks like me – in every respect if you catch my drift.”

Guy doing the boosting says, “Dude, you’ve been working out”. Guy on the top says, “Get your hand off my butt”.

Phi Kappa Alpha initiates at their rival’s campus before the big home-coming game.

I used to think you were crazy, but now I can see your nuts. —-Austin Powers

The Sack of Rome by the Barbarians in 410: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visigoths_sack_Rome.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

Other than what’s pointed to by the title URL Artist link, I couldn’t find anything more about him online. First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2451 (May 17, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The city is swarming with brutes/ displaying their abs and their glutes !/ Who’d ever have thought/ when the battle’d been fought/ that they’d dance in their birthday suits ?

Proximity of noose to fake neck brought to mind an Iowa coach in Mad’s College Football Hall of fame. He “was hanged in Effigy, which is a small town outside Iowa City.”

Philip was so in love with Caesar’s statue the he wanted to take it home, he paid for it with his clothes. the owner said it was not enough and tried to stop him. Philip said he could “take it out in trade”

Are the naked barbarians taking it down? or did they just, um, erect it?