Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
From the school of Lorenzo di Credi First half of 16th century
Oil on panel, 60 cm in diameter
Musee des Beaux-Arts des Nimes, Nimes, France
Marriage equality: it applies to obese infant saviors too.
Our Lady of the Expectation Appearing to Simon de Roja
By Francisco Rizi
c. 1654
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash on paper, 196 x 125 mm
British Museum, London, UK
Bath of the Child
15th century
Detail of a fresco from the church of Panagia, Amasgou, Monagri, Cyprus SQUISHY: Brrrrrrrrr...that spaghetti water looks cold!
Adoration of the Child (detail)
By Valentin Wolgemut
c. 1455
Tempera and gold on wood, 64.2 × 50.4 × 18"
National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
SQUISHY: Uh, hey, guys. I know it's Easter but I don't actually ascend to heaven for another 32 years. So, you know, don't be doing the blanket toss quite yet, okay?
Theotokos and Child
19th century Wood, gesso and tempera, 66.4 × 51.3cm Yaroslavl ArtMuseum, Yaroslavl, Russia I've had pretty bad insomnia lately, and this is more or less what I look like when I get up in the morning these days.
Madonna with a Chair
By Guido Reni
1624 - 1625
Oil on canvas, 84.2 × 54"
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
SQUISHY: This art history racket is soooooo lame: I have to stand around in contrapposto stance all stinken' day while holding this strip of fabric over my privates.
Virgin Mary and Child
Cathedral of Pamplona, Pamplona, Spain
People act like Lady Gaga is such a fashion innovator---but she's not all that: Virgin Mary was so much weirder back in the day. She'd wrap her head in a metal doily just to burp the baby......