That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 20, 2023

The auction wasn’t well attended, but there could still be a sucker to be had.

/// His apprentice was honored and thrilled

when Arturo said, “You’re far more skilled

than I ever shall be…

so I’ll claim it’s by me.”

Ricci then had the poor painter killed.

/// In the Studio fancy decor

hid this story of murder and gore.

Mesmerized by that frame,

no one noticed the name

scrawled in blood on the studio floor.

The orginal flat screen.

“Take My Wife, Please.”

“This painting of me seems so lifelike… is it… moving?”

“Madam, it is called a mirror”

His work reflects well on him.

This is the HD painting. The 4K will cost you.

“Why on earth ldid you bring me here ?/

This work’s mediocre, my dear !

The pickings are scant -

Not a single Rembrandt/

To say nothing of work by Vermeer !”

“And this is me in front of the Eiffel Tower. Next painting please.” 1900’s slide show.

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your carriage insurance “

“Open carry”, Amsterdam 1660. Pieter brings a rapier to an art sale.

LADY: OOH! BIG SCREEN AND HIGH DEF! Does it come in lavender?

Ricci’s paintings were really quite known, In displays from Athens to Rome, But he did not make the scene, Til’ he worked the big screen, Where he famously said, ‘Lucy I’m Home’ !!

Believe it or not, this is the moment right before the mini-riot of 1770 due to the art viewing party running out of popcorn. There were tens of dollars worth of damage.

What is he hiding under that table skirt?

Ricci was so vain that he even painted a picture of himself selling a portrait of himself!

“You certainly flattered yourself. If you actually looked like that, I’d have married you!”

Women: We’d like to meet the artist! Men:We ‘d like to meet the model?

“But wait, there’s more!! We’ll throw in a second Cezanne for the price of the frame.”

“It’s a very clear picture, but it’s not responding to the remote.”

Is he holding an old walkie talkie?

In The Studio: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Arturo Ricci" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia and Yandex 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 94674, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has the strip coloration image.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3151 (June 19, 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 pointing to the info I found about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

“In the Studio”, undated

It likes my portrait or it gets the stick again.

All kinds of people were starting to show interest during the eHarmony meeting.