That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 10, 2023

“If you buy 2, the third one is half price.”

/// This complex work of art which we see

is, in fact, the first version of three.

Not exactly the same,

“Modern Rome” is their name.

(“Modern” from the eighteenth century.)

/// They show dozens of works on display

in a gallery, back in the day.

Oils of Rome’s greatest sites

surround sculpted delights;

it’s a tour de force scene to portray.

“Let me think, what’s the absolute worst way to display my art… I know!”

Somebody had a fetish for buildings. I’m surprised he didn’t have a painting of the Taj Mahal (Man’s Biggest Erection for a Woman)

“Do you have one of these in green? It’s to match my carpet."

Who knew the painter’s name would come to mean a microwaveable snack.

when possession becomes obsession…

The place could use a new coat of paint.

He has the Mona Lisa nude painting.

I give in, where IS Wally?

“Where IS that charwoman?! Those sculptures near the ceiling have pigeon doo-doo! Did ANOTHER girl fall and get hurt? My insurance, decisamente troppo costoso! And the OSHA fines — Mama Mia!“

I’m sorry, this decor is too busy! It’s all got to go

Only three more to go and I’ll have the entire paint-by-number collection!

If you wanted to enjoy views of the city, it might have been cheaper to just put in a couple windows.

One of Johnny Sandwich’s most famous pieces.

This is the pitiful result when your works don’t sell because you’re a failed architect and lousy artist.

Before the advent of cellulous and fiberglass, Art Insulation was the best you could do. Painters who laid it on thick with pallet knives were favored.

Can you tell me where the rest room is?

Sure, it had been painstakingly difficult and hideously expensive to assemble and mount so much artwork… but the alternative would have been to give in on his wife’s choice of wallpaper, and Henri would never do that.

Wow, I got this painting as a 5,000 piece puzzle.

“This is the only realtor that has pictures of all of their listings.”

The room to the right housed his extensive collection of “Elvis on velvet” paintings.

You have to feel sorry for the maid that’s told to dust all of the paintings.

The art school’s rule is that students have to do two dozen paintings. This artist graduated in one week.

Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Modern Rome (Giovanni Paolo Pannini)" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Google, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this huge painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3129 (May 10, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

LOL This is the best one you’ve ever done!

“Modern Rome,” 1759

Unchecked, the paint by numbers fetish is highly debilitating addiction.

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