That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 15, 2023

/// Here is Brigida Spinola-Doria,

a new bride in a state of euphoria.

The lovely Marchesa,

(via Rubens), displays a

satin gown that’s a phantasmagoria.

Bride???

Almost looks like one of those dog cone things.

Oil on canvas? It looks like the oil is on the dress!

Having seen Ruben’s nude depictions of the female body, she not only refused to disrobe, but wore the bulkiest, most concealing clothes she had.

I am woman, see me shine,I’m wearing ruffles too divine…

The collar was a necessity. While entertaining at first, her parents HAD to keep Beth from licking herself in front of the guests.

She served as a foil to the other characters’ whimsical natures.

The latest in designer neck braces

She’s lookin’ RUFF!

His wife was the big attraction when the thunderstorm rolled in during the wedding reception.

Brigida travelled everywhere by hitchhiking. And was quite successful, as she always brought along a spare tire.

One of the lesser known Super Mario bosses, Princess Porcupine required precise jumps to hit on the head three times.

As a dilletante artist, this must have taken years to paint!

That wide collar was one way to manage the princess’s sloppy eating habits.

An example of Crime and punishment in Elizabethan England

Goodyear? Firestone?

And with that collar she can detect a quasar a billion light years out.

Looks like this collar was used to keep her head upright during those L*O*N*G* church sermons,eh? ;-)

The physician’s method of preventing women from biting at their surgical stiches soon became an unexpected fashion trend.

It looks like the dress came with an attendant whose arm is grasping the lady’s left arm to stop her from doing the Royal Wave, flipping the bird, flashing the peace sign – something the artist didn’t want her to do.

“The Duke? Oh, he’s around here somewhere,” the Duchess said with an enigmatic smile.

For a moment, I thought that something was grabbing her elbow from behind the curtain.

When you squeeze her waist, that ruff around her neck puffs out.

Nothing like having a roulette wheel around your neck. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

How am I supposed to drink a beer in this thing? Someone get me a yard of ale!

Poor girl. How did one pee back then?

Unlike his bride, his bridge was unruffled by the error.

If you have to wear the cone of shame, you might as well make it a good-looking one.

Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria (Rubens - National Gallery of Art)" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, 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 3,318, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly lifesize painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3131 (May 15, 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 blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 13 works by this artist have been used here, the July 22, 2022, strip being the prior.

Mail order bridge?

The ruff made it more convenient for the lady to tuck her head underneath her arm.

lady Vicky was sloppy at sex so they gave her a steel bib.

Brigida Spinola Doria sounds like a character on SNL.

Based on fan language / etiquette she is saying “you are too willing”.

What Monica Lewinsky wished she’d worn that day…..