Renaissance Art Aficionado Gifts

New Coat of Paint at the Sistine Condos

The DaVinci Code

A caveman paints from life

It isn't widely known that Michelangelo was the first in a long line of cartoonists to buck the family tradition.

"How long before the clinical trials are over?"

Raphael

Tragedy, Comedy & Selfie.

I'm not sure which, but he's just invented either writing or vandalism. (Published originally on Feb. 11, 2011.)

Diego Velasquez

Leonardo Da Vinci paints a selfie

"Did Melina Mercouri ever get those marbles back to Greece?"

The Death Of Venus

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

Borgias holding a 'come as you wish to go' party

Michelangelo is painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling and a priest comes to check how he's going - 'Michelangelo, what the hell is that? I just wanted a couple of coats of duck-egg blue!'

'Mona Lisa, would it make you happy if I gave you a foot massage every night?'

'Gerald was stripping some old wallpaper, and there it was - Leonard Da Vinci's lost fresco ‘The Battle of Anghiari'.'

Dog and Human Archaeologists

"I thought I'd add a punch line."

He's the first Master Sculptor since the Renaissance also trained as a Mohel.

Infographics: the early years.

Leonardo Da Vinci's Cat

'What really annoys me is that they're not even my demons - they're Goya's and Hieronymus Bosch's and Brueghel's.'

"It's the usual promise to cut taxes"

'Magnolia, Michaelangelo, the ceiling was meant to be magnolia!'

Petrarch

"Any chance you could do it at a higher resolution?"

Mammoth Posing

"I have to pee!"

This action stuff is okay, but try a romance or comedy next time.

"It would appear they worshipped the almighty dollar."

Cave Paintings Audio Guide

Thinker, but not too deep: 'I wonder what's on TV tonight?'

'Could you tone down the smile just a little?'

"Yeah, don't worry about the smile; I'll just wing it."