Breakfast was such a disappointment.
Hans Baldung Grien, 1513
The audience cheered his devotion to his principles.
Salomon Koninck, 1647-49
People often found it difficult to understand how impressed they should be.
Eeckhout, 1652
Inconsiderate roommates were always ruining his things.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1545
Unbeknownst to him, the messiness was intended to be part of the charm.
Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486-90
He never did any work after lunch anyway.
Andrea da Firenze 1365-68
They always seemed to strike him at the most inopportune times.
Lazzaro Baldi, 1600s
If he didn’t board soon, there would be no space for his duffle bag.
Vittore Carpaccio, 1490
He never translated his success into domestic respect.
(Gaspard de Crayer, 1630s)
Near-wisdom from the ages.
Because people never change.
