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Article created by: Mindaugas Balčiauskas
When you stroll through an art museum viewing the masterpieces of previous time periods, what’s going through your mind? Do you marvel at how impressive the paintings were from times before photographs and the internet were available? Or do you imagine what clever captions you could paste onto the paintings to turn them into modern day memes?

If you’re a connoisseur of memes who’s also interested in taking a scroll through a virtual art gallery, we’ve got the perfect list for you down below. We took a trip to the “Ancient Memez” Instagram page to gather our favorite paintings from the past that have been given clever contemporary captions, so enjoy reading through and be sure to upvote the pics that you find most relatable!

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Historical painting with humorous meme text about stealing a 50 inch HD TV at a fancy party from ancient memez.

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    Ancient meme style painting of a warrior rushing while walking a cat on a leash before conquering Mongolia.

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    Ancient memez paintings showing humorous interpretations of Judas invading Jesus' personal space in classical art.

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    Humorous ancient painting of a knight on a horse with exaggerated horse facial features from Ancient Memez.

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    Native American chief surrounded by forest animals in a hilarious painting from Ancient Memez Instagram account.

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    Surreal painting with bizarre creatures and a woman, inspired by ancient memez from the Instagram account.

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    Medieval painting meme from Ancient Memez Instagram account showing soldiers with humorous caption about going to war.

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    Man covering face in a historic painting with family nearby, a humorous ancient memez moment about forgotten promises.

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    Four humorous ancient meme paintings of cats in different styles and poses from the Ancient Memez Instagram account.

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    Vintage style painting of a pug looking in the mirror with a funny ancient memez caption about motivation and treats.

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    Child in vintage painting holding a book and stick with meme text, a hilarious painting from ancient memez collection.

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    Medieval painting humor showing a giant mythological creature kidnapping a person, from ancient memez Instagram account.

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    Child in ancient memez painting looking confused with text about waking up from a nap and not knowing the planet.

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    Elderly woman in a rustic setting illustrating a hilarious painting from the Ancient Memez Instagram account.




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    Hilarious painting from Ancient Memez Instagram showing a vintage couple with humorous text about women being hard to read.

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    Two hilarious paintings from Ancient Memez Instagram showing an elderly man drinking apple juice from a fancy glass.

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    Classical painting humor with text about learning from mistakes, featured in hilarious paintings from Ancient Memez Instagram.

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    Ancient memez painting showing a shocked facial expression resembling a classical sculpture with wide eyes and open mouth.

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    Four rats standing in a circle holding hands with a humorous caption about the current plague in ancient meme paintings.

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    Medieval women humorously explaining something to men in hilarious paintings from ancient memez collection.

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    A humorous ancient painting mashup featuring modern and classical figures illustrating playlists on shuffle from Ancient Memez.

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    Close-up of a crying woman from a classical painting, used in hilarious paintings from Ancient Memez Instagram account.

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    16th century Baltic Germans in humorous ancient memez painting wearing unusual historical clothing.

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    Classic painting characters in a medieval setting joking about midlife crisis in hilarious ancient meme style.

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    Ancient memez painting showing a person peeking beyond the stars and sun depicting an existential crisis across dimensions.

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    Painting from ancient memez Instagram showing a man flirting with a woman questioning if it’s a prank due to low self-esteem.

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    Hilarious painting from Ancient Memez showing a woman disappointed during a poems and chill moment in a garden setting.

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    Medieval painting of a man vomiting a large letter M resembling a tree, from ancient memez Instagram account humor series.

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