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Spotted this painting being used in memes on Facebook. I instantly thought of our old friend...
Turns out it's another portrait of Joseph Ducreux, a French Baron from the 18th century!
Hey, I know you....!
gleely
"Joseph you can't make two self-portraits of you doing the same thing!" that's where you're wrong, kiddo
Huhwhatcrazy
He can't paint hats sitting on heads very well. Been waiting for proof, now have it
PhantomOfSaltLand
The case of the twins?
nobodycaresaboutyourstupidcat
IamJustinSane
That's the pose of a man who doesn't know you but doesn't want to hurt your feelings. "Hey! This guy! Watch out for this guy, everyone!"
LarvaLamp
I love that you can see true joy in his face, not just a "picture pose smile".
s0uthw3st
Got to see the yawning one of him at the Getty - they had a hashtag and everything for making that pose and posting it online.
Daydreamingchad
That was probably like dabbing in the 1700s
tankboy
It's OK until he goes, "Pew! pew! pew!" Then he gets fired for pretending to shoot his students.
TheCrazyVulcan
People are so uptight my HS physics teach kept a super soaker on hand so if you fell asleep and every thought it was the funniest thing ever
WolfHarbinger
Here's one taken in HD when I was at the Louvre last year
stoneyman
that dude had some f'ed up teeth...
kuronjjvjgc
ohsoschwifty
God his fingers are like raw turkeys
QQTrain
Holy shit, this is what we should have been using!
AliBarber
MAKE IT HAPPEN
splungedude
I was so excited when I spotted that painting when I was at the Louvre last winter!
pumpernicklelel
*shot on Hubble telescope*
Schex44
He looks like Paul scheer
LarvaLamp
He's the guy who answers when you call 619-PAUL-ASS
MajorPubes
I never noticed his teeth until now..
elifoto
Yup, he's French
TerryCrews
LeastInterestingManInTheWorld
Not sure if bad for the era or good for the era...
aTokenOfMyExtreme
Probably goodish-okay
codesubversive
I wonder if one was painted from the other, otherwise he definitely had a penchant for that pose.
KaJuN
They look like the same guy at different ages.
terryr
He felt that formal portraits were boring, and should show the personality instead.
sumowoman
He felt right.
evolution4407
1/2 Ducreux had a penchant for poses and expressions in general. If he were alive today, he'd be the guy that trolls his friend by stealing
aTokenOfMyExtreme
Dildos and ramming them into his wives
evolution4407
2/2 his friend's phone and taking a bunch of selfies.
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Nalianna
no, that's Nicolas Cage.
TheMortiestMortyfromC137
Hah
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