A portrait of Vincent van Gogh has gone viral on social media for a very unexpected reason: as people pointed out, he looks a lot like a UK celebrity.
The artist’s museum in Amsterdam published his portrait of Père Tanguy on X, formerly Twitter, this week, but it did not get the reaction they expected.
The museum wrote: ‘A portrait with a clue! In Van Gogh’s portrait of Father Tanguy, the painting ‘Quinces, Lemons, Pears and Grapes’ is seen in the upper left corner.
‘Compare the portrait with the still life (3) and you will see that the red border of the frame is missing today. Van Gogh repainted it!’
However, Twitter users were quick to point out that the portrait bore a strikingly similar resemblance to Graham Norton.
They wrote: ‘Graham Norton stuns’;
‘Graham Norton has lived before…’;
‘My first thought too!’;
A portrait of Vincent van Gogh has gone viral on social media for a very unexpected reason: as people pointed out, he looks a lot like a UK celebrity.
“It seems that you are about to tell me that there is enough time to visit the red chair.”
The Dutch post-impressionist painter Van Gogh, who died in 1890 at the age of 37, is considered one of the most influential figures in Western art, and his best-known works include his self-portraits and The Starry Night.
He created approximately 2,100 paintings, which are displayed in galleries around the world.
The portrait of Julien (Père) Tanguy is the second of three Van Gogh painted of the French art dealer and gallerist.
Tanguy (1825-1894) was one of the first to put Van Gogh paintings on sale.
It’s not the first time people have recognized celebrity faces in famous paintings from hundreds of years ago.
In April 2018, BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James directed a real-life recreation of In A Roman Osteria (1866) by Danish painter Carl Bloch after his listeners said it resembled one of the men in the chart.
Listeners joined in from across the country for the live painting.
The artist’s museum in Amsterdam published his portrait of Père Tanguy on X, formerly Twitter, this week, but it did not get the reaction they expected.
Social media users believed the painting was a lookalike of Graham Norton (pictured in 2023).
Twitter users were quick to joke that “Graham Norton has lived before.”
Previously, Radio 1 DJ Greg James was ‘seen’ in a painting by A Roman Osteria
James then recreated the painting and inserted a real image of himself.
James said at the time: ‘I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been sent this. So… yes, I can confirm that it IS me.
“It was my ex-wives and I back in 1866, when we were seen having lunch and a MailOnline painter photographed us.”
Meanwhile, an Instagram account that draws an unlikely link between pop culture favorites like the Kardashians, Britney Spears and Love Island stars previously became an online sensation.
The Art History tabloid has around 25,000 followers and makes comparisons such as Beyoncé’s presentation of her twins with Boticelli’s Virgin of the Pomegranate.
‘Elitism in art history has affected us all in its own way and the story is, for us, a finger to the establishment, a way to democratize art history so that it is less terrifying and out of our reach, so that more people can have access. to it,” they told the Times.