Comments on: Dutch Masters portrait subjects clothed in foam packing sheets http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: StreetEight http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1431388 StreetEight Wed, 23 May 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1431388 Nice work, but I have to confess the first thing that came to my mind was "Worth1000:  OfficeMax Ren". Nice work, but I have to confess the first thing that came to my mind was “Worth1000:  OfficeMax Ren”.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1431238 ocker3 Wed, 23 May 2012 06:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1431238  I'm reading the alternate universe series 1632, noble lines Everywhere, this made me laugh so hard!  I’m reading the alternate universe series 1632, noble lines Everywhere, this made me laugh so hard!

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1431138 Rich Keller Wed, 23 May 2012 04:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1431138 Given the evidence, I'd have to agree with you on that. Given the evidence, I’d have to agree with you on that.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1430978 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 23 May 2012 01:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1430978 It's Habsburgs all the way down. It’s Habsburgs all the way down.

]]> By: reglisse http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1430944 reglisse Wed, 23 May 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1430944 Just to add to the confusion: When Las Meninas was painted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands" rel="nofollow">the Southern Netherlands were Spanish</a>. So it looks like Velázquez and the Dutch Masters could be called "Spanish Masters"... Just to add to the confusion:

When Las Meninas was painted the Southern Netherlands were Spanish. So it looks like Velázquez and the Dutch Masters could be called “Spanish Masters”…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1430887 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1430887 Dutch?  That first one is from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas" rel="nofollow">Las Meninas</a> by Diego Velázquez. Dutch?  That first one is from Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez.

]]> By: zarray http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/dutch-masters-portrait-subject.html#comment-1430873 zarray Tue, 22 May 2012 23:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162275#comment-1430873 I love it! I love it!

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