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Art has always been a way to express how it felt to exist at a certain time, capturing its essence, struggles, and triumphs. While it’s hard to imagine, artists of the past share a lot more in common with present-day folks, making these masterpieces relevant even after hundreds of years. 

Luckily for us, their relatability makes them great material for something the modern human enjoys weirdly too much. That’s right, memes! The Instagram account ‘ClassicReelsMemes’ has an impressive collection of them, making it the perfect place for some laughs and culture. Scroll down to find the best classical art memes that even Da Vinci would approve of.

#1

Humorous classical art meme with two women, one asking about things blown to make a wish.

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The Doom Song
Community Member
2 years ago

Oh my... I laughed way too hard (no pun intended)

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    #2

    Classical art meme with a girl in a green dress on fire, surrounded by two surprised cats, humorously captioned.

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    "And she lived miserably ever after, which wasn't very long"

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    #3

    A classical art meme shows a woman crossing off a to-do list item, humorously admitting she hasn’t completed it.

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I feel accomplished tho so that's a plus!

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    #4

    Classical art meme with a humorous dialogue between a painter and a dressed model in a modern room.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    She looks pretty unimpressed.

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    #5

    Classical art meme with a demon sitting by a bed, humorously captioned about finding common ground with a soul.

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    Kristal
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Hahaha and the wife is still blissfully sleeping

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    #6

    Classical art meme with humorous text about babies, making a coffee break more enjoyable.

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    BM Khalid Hasan
    Community Member
    2 years ago

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    #7

    Classical art meme shows two people pretending to be d**d as a man approaches a window, humorously enhancing a coffee break.

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    Casey Payne
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Why is there a transistor radio in the picture?

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    #8

    A humorous classical art meme featuring a doctor-patient conversation about a rare disease.

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    Evan
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    plague inc. be like

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    #9

    Classical art meme featuring a couple holding hands, with humorous text about fantasy and sleep desires.

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    The Doom Song
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Amen sister!!!

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    #10

    Classical art meme showing a woman in an orange dress, with text about playing "nap roulette."

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    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Bummer when they turn out to be extra long and you wake up an hour or two before bedtime.

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    #11

    Classical art meme of a woman in a dress, head in hand, humorously lamenting going out when plans aren't canceled.

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    And then you just sit on your bed contemplating life and reviewing all the plausible excuses you haven't used yet

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    #12

    "Classical art meme comparing medieval scene to an ice cream sandwich, adding humor to your coffee break."

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I'm ashamed of myself for laughing.

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    #13

    Classical art meme showing a woman with a hammer and a man lying down, with humorous text about headaches.

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Will cure mine though! Hold still

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    #14

    Classical art meme showing women dancing with a goat-headed figure, humorously captioned about bathroom trips.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Shhhh. Don't reveal our secrets.

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    #15

    Classical art meme of a cat with a jetpack and humorous caption about being late feeding it.

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    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    A posthumous (XVII century) illustration for Franz Helm's "Feuerwerkbuch" from the XIV century. Helm was a proposer of some unorthodox techniques for siege warfare, some of them involving strapping incendiary devices to animals. It is dubious if he reported those as mere curiosities, possibly riding the popularity of the story of Olga of Kiev using pigeons to burn a castle in revenge, or if someone actually experimented with the concept.

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    #16

    Classical art meme showing a child asking an elderly woman about glasses, with a humorous response about bottles.

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    The Doom Song
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Thus is the kinda Grandma I wanna hang with!

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    #17

    A humorous classical art meme featuring a dancing skeleton surrounded by people.

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    Jack Burton
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Hellfest !

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    #18

    Classical art meme of a woman and man during a break, humorously contemplating not returning to work.

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    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    She looks like she wishes she had swiped left

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    #19

    A funny classical art meme with a woman offering fruit and a man looking surprised, adding humor to your coffee break.

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    Casey Payne
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's not asking. If you are going to be like that, at least be a gentleman about it and escort her to the door.

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    #20

    Classical art meme featuring Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf discussing body shaming.

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    Pandora
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    It's called menopause, Red. It'll happen to you too one day!

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    #21

    Classical art meme of a woman staring blankly with text about a brain crash from hearing something stupid.

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    Rusty
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    So, every time Trümp opens his mandibles?

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    #22

    Classical art meme of a woman in bed humorously confronting a demon about being late.

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    How dare you! I'm not special anymore!

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    #23

    Classical art meme with a devil whispering "Put the alphabet into math" to a bewildered figure, creating a humorous scene.

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    Jonathan Kilpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That's supposed to be the Antichrist.

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    #24

    Classical art meme featuring a couple in historical attire, with humorous text about existential despair.

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    me myself and i (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Saw a meme earlier that said “I would die for you” “then perish”

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    #25

    Classical art meme with two figures, one asking to hang out and the other making a generic excuse.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    "Yeah.Saves time and effort."

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    #26

    A funny classical art meme of a person awkwardly lying in bed, struggling to find a comfortable sleeping position.

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    Bored Potato
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    John needs a snickers bar

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    #27

    Classical art meme of a woman holding melons, surrounded by fruits and vegetables, with a humorous caption above.

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    Abel
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    They come only with a banana. For scale.

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    #28

    Classical art meme showing a humorous 'holy shot' autocorrect joke with a biblical scene.

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    Evan
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    someone ban this n****

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    #29

    Classical art meme with a couple; man says he loves her 10 times more, woman calculates it as zero.

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    Kristal
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Okay, off topic but ... that dress is gorgeous

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    #30

    Classical art meme with a guillotine, captioned "Not a cellphone in sight, just people living in the moment."

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    Jack Burton
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    When you are now Place de la Concorde in Paris and just imagine these things really happens that's so weird

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    #31

    Classical art meme: woman writing at a desk with humorous caption about daily routine.

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    The Doom Song
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Think I'll reply with this tomorrow when a customer asks me how I'm doing

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    #32

    Classical art meme with a mother humorously talking to her daughter in a rustic kitchen setting.

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    BLONDTROBL
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    And I can UNMAKE you!

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    #33

    Classical art meme featuring skeletons gardening humorously in a medieval-style painting.

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    Community Member
    2 years ago

    No shortage of fertilizer ...

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    #34

    Classical art meme depicting group chat scenario with a person observing silently.

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    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Homer Simpson did it better /j

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    #35

    Classical art meme of a stern baby in a brown outfit, humorously captioned.

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    Dr Soong
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    "Inconceivable!"

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    #36

    Classical art meme depicting close interactions, humorously highlighting lack of personal space awareness.

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    Jennik
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    JC is definitely over it.

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    #37

    Funny classical art meme depicting a knighted waiter, with text about a mom saying "gracias" in a Japanese restaurant.

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    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    She's making the japanese waiter a British Knight with a Spanish sword?

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    #38

    Classical art meme of a woman and child labeled "Me" and "Potatoes in literally any form."

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    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
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    2 years ago

    Ignoring the meme, this painting just reminds me of my childhood and the comfort I felt

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    #39

    Classical art meme showing two men fighting humorously labeled as doctors before anesthesia.

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Coincidentally, I just saw a documentary on the history of surgery and how limited the surgeries they could actually do before anaesthesia were. Abdominal surgeries couldn't be done because no amount of restraints could keep someone from writhing in pain. They probably would've died from infection anyway

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    #40

    Classical art meme featuring a humorous interaction between two figures, adding humor to a famous scene.

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    Peter Trudell Jr
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    "now you can see!" (poke) "Now you can't!" (heal) "Now you can see!" (poke) "Now you can't!"

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    #41

    Classical art meme showing a couple napping together as a date, adding humor to daily coffee breaks.

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    similarly
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Pretty sure the apartment had a carbon monoxide problem ...

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    #42

    Classical art meme depicting a man walking a half-dog amid economic humor.

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    So... now, then?

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    #43

    Classical art meme showing a person in bed with a mythical creature, humorously captioned about the end of the weekend.

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    See you next week, same time?

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    #44

    Classical art meme featuring a humorous conversation between a couple on a vintage sofa.

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    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    So we're just putting all the Henny Youngman wanna-be humor on random images?

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    #45

    Classical art meme with humorous text about creation and feeling cute, enhancing a coffee break.

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    Ashlie Dearest
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I no more believe in God, then I do the tooth fairy 😂

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    #46

    Classical art meme depicting a woman asking a child what she'll be when she grows up, with humorous text overlay.

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Sadly, a very common career

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    #47

    Classical art meme with devils reading a book, humorous text about memes causing trouble.

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I'd still be laughing at them in hell

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    #48

    Classical art meme showing a person overwhelmed by beams from a figure holding a dog labeled "Stranger with a dog."

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    Evan
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Bro im tryin to imagine this as an art peice

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    #49

    Elderly monk in classical art meme humorously reflecting on selfies and soul beauty.

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    me myself and i (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    After 27 selfies, I realized it might not be the angle or the lighting…

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    #50

    Classical art meme with a man asking, "Do you have Onlyfans?" and a woman replying, "I have Onlyproblems."

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    SparkDragon
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    What, no comment from Johnny boy?

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    #51

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    Irrational Gardener
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Oh y'all, I LOL'd

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    #52

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    nomnomborkbork
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Maybe taking off those layers of clothes would help?

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    #53

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    Feathered Dinosaur
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Thank biochemistry for being aromantic

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    #54

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    me myself and i (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Aww. This kind of makes me think death is comforting the woman in the painting, like saying it’s not her time, all will pass soon. If anyone here feels like her, you’re amazing and I’m here if you wanna talk ❤️. Have a lovely day!

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    Me.
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Too much potassium

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    #56

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    At least if you’re exhausted you can sleep.

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    #57

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    Pigeonvonbirb
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Well, goodbye then! *skips away cutely*

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    #58

    Classical-Art-Paintings-Memes-Jokes

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    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Off topic, but what is she gleaning in the top picture? Carrots?

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    #59

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    Jonathan Kilpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I mean...

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    #60

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    Nosirrow
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I guess you have to a child of a delusional parent to develop self-reflection, just to not be like your parent.

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