Judith Gives Thanks to Jehovah

Eventually, I had to do a bukkit one. It was inevitable.

What does Judith need a bukkit for?
a) to giv to da lolrus
b) to carry the head of Holofernes
c) unladylike private activities (this was before plumbing, guys)

(Pedro Américo, Judith Gives Thanks to Jehovah, 1880)

The Unknown

Who needs a big black monolith when you can have some kind of chesty Promethea instead?

(J.C. Dollman, The Unknown, 1912)

At the Grand Prix

(Childe Hassam, At the Grand Prix, 1887)

Egyptian Chess Players

It must have been a clever move, because clearly they're playing with all pawns.

(Sidenote: Apparently Alma-Tadema's treatment of marble was so well-known and well-executed that he was referred to as the 'marbelous' painter. Groan. 19th century humor, ladies and gents.)

(Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Egyptian Chess Players, 1865)

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Return of t3h kitteh laydee!!

(Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864)