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29 Times People Accidentally Found Their Doppelgängers In Museums And Couldn’t Believe Their Eyes
Do you find classic art a bit hard to relate to? So do us, but that could easily change upon a find like these guys stumbled upon when they uncovered their identical doppelgangers in old paintings!
Bored Panda has compiled a list of these suspected time travelers who snapped a selfie next to their twins preserved in old canvas. But the words won't do it justice, so better scroll down and see for yourself.
Also, don't forget to vote for the best matches below, and let us know in the comments if you ever saw found yourself in a situation like this!
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Face To Face With Yourself In A Museum
WOW!! Just a tad of make-up below the eyes, and she's a sure ringer!
And a little narrower in the chin then yes they are sisters.
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The interesting question here is: Is she related to the original model?
The painting is William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "The Broken Pitcher", 1891, in France. The model would be researchable, she was one of 3 sisters that he used as models for many years.
their names were yvonne, jeanne, and marguerite. i'm not sure which one this is.
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I came across Vincenzo Scamozzi - Venetian architect in the Denver Art Museum, and with a hairdresser's gown and some loo paper I my neck i was able to fit right in ! Vincenzo-a...9-jpeg.jpg 
I came across Vincenzo Scamozzi in the Denevr Art Museum, and with a hairdresser's gown and some loo paper at my neck ... I was able to fit right in ! Vincenzo-a...a-jpeg.jpg 
Vincent's Van Gogh x 2 "selfie" https://twitter.com/ginettelavell/status/798161316154380288
Vincent van Gogh x 2 "selfie" https://twitter.com/ginettelavell/status/798161316154380288
Right down to the natural curl in her lips.. and the way the side crease of her lips dimple when her lips are closed...to the natural curls and color of the hair...heck...even their outfits are almost the same colour! ! ..This is down right Mesmerizing!!
I'd like to see photo of her when she was a girl in the painting's age.
Maybe the painting IS her......and the artist was a STALKER.......Hmm...?
"So do us"? I'm normally not a grammar nazi but that one's pretty bad. Lol
Such a wonderful discovery ! Has anyone been able to trace her heritage ...?
One of my all time favorite paintings. Where were you 50 years ago, when I was 20?
Imagine if you visited a few years younger, the painting would have been a mirror image. Nonetheless, I see an unmistakable resemblance.
So He Goes To The Art Museum And This Happened
Made An Interesting Discovery At The Art Museum Today
Need to see him in those red tights to be sure this is a real doppelganger
The Doppelgänger Experience
So I Found A Picture Of Myself Dressed As A Samurai 111 Years Ago At The Met. Apparently I Was A Collector Of Samurai Armor, I've Drunk A Lot Since Then So I Don't Really Recall But It's Totally Plausible That's It's Me
111 years?? It looks like this could have been his last years Halloween outfit!
My Friend Is Actually A Time Traveller
Found My Great-Great Grandmother At Louvre
Found My Doppelgänger At The Louvre. Íñigo Melchor De Velasco
Found My Dopplegänger From Half A Century Ago In An Art Museum In Zurich
My Best Mate Went To The Louvre And Discovered A Painting Of Him Done Many Years Before
Twin From The Past
Didn't another guy post in front of the same picture as his doppelganger ? Then surely these two people who are alive must be doppelgangers ?
My Friend Spotted This Painting Of Himself While Walking Through The Met
Gallery Lookalike
Found His Doppelgänger In Trento, Italy Science Museum
I Found My Pre-Pre-Pre-Existence
Weird Al Proves He Is Immortal At The Louvre
Historic Doppelganger Time
"I'm Henry The 8th I Am"
Visited Paris This Weekend. Just When I Was About To Take A Picture Of The Mona Lisa Something Better Caught My Eye
Do you think he just stands under that painting all day to see if people notice?
The Painting And I Were Matching
We Found Our Baby's Doppelgänger At The Gallery
The Doppelganger From The Louvre Made Me Remember A Pic That I Took
I Think It Captures Him
Well Now, That's Quite A Resemblance!
Me And Mexican Artist Juan Garcìa Ponce
When You Regret Shaving Your Stache Off
On Our Trip To Paris, My Friend Found Is Doppelganger In The Louvre. Hilarity Ensued
It's good as long as two of them doesn't met and draw a sword while yelling "ONLY ONE CAN REMAIN!".
Only some of us employees at the Milwaukee Art Museum got our portraits on the wall in the galleries. 76113D50-4...41946f.jpg 
Strangers kept asking me if I was the girl in the painting PC272154-5...1d882b.jpg 
I have a couple art doppelgangers. This one is in Pittsburgh. doppelgang...84f9ff.jpg 
Apparently, I was Manet's mistress. I found this gem at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. My uncle said "what an unattractive woman" while I was standing there in this exact spot and pose. Everyone's a critic. 13654396_1...398260.jpg 
I hang immortalized at the Belle Mead Plantation in Nashville. IMG_7778-5...fbc126.jpg 
Louis Tussaud’s Palace of Wax in Grand Prairie, Texas 411356_362...8d73b6.jpg 
Dunno where this painting resides, but my sister made me dress up and pose like her. doppelgang...00-png.jpg 
I can't get over to Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to take a picture with my twin, so here's me Hailing the Ferry from my office. The likeness in real life is so strong, I've had friends text me from the museum. Hailing_th...cc016d.jpg 
Found mine in Angeles Santos painting in Reina Sofia, Madrid 18664726_1...8525b3.jpg 
I found my doppelganger at Denmark's Kronborg Castle – Home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Guy-and-59...78e202.jpg 
I found my cousin at Pinacoteca, in São Paulo, Brazil 20953557_1...d32092.jpg 
How these even possible.....especially that old pa 's nose, exactly the same
So the first think I thought when I looked at the first pic was " Oh, I have a friend that looks pretty much the same as these two" So here's the result: she indeed looks like them: some-5a09d...0ec105.jpg 
OK so I got a pic of a friend of mine. First thought was that she looked so much like these two girls and in the end, she really do: some-5a09d...04d8f3.jpg 
*George V reborns in Brazil !* My friend Marcio Carneiro was born in Brazil and bears a striking resemblance to King George V from the United Kingdow. Similarities are not only physical, in the first place, he is a Lord. His manners and way of behaving are definetely coming from royalty. He cares for his look and is a bodybuilder . He loves art. Painting and dancing are his passions, and for those he is specially gifted. Marcio´s work shows off his Brazilian roots with pride. His paintings are very realistic and close to perfection, a truely royal artist.
Brendan McD, found my doppelganner in Musee d'Orsay Paris 10543671_7...9e2d8b.jpg 
My husband and Rudyard Kipling at Mr. Kipling's home in East Sussex, UK. Creepiest fan ever. Big-fan-59...47af8f.jpg 
I guess we all have a double but mine was painted in 1787 by Francisco Goya… Saw this portrait at the Met Nan-and-li...87ab01.jpg 
Finding a 100+ yr old painting of ur exact mirror image, trippy experience no doubt :p
found mine on facebook when I was looking for an old friend.My friends name came up and so did a picture of "me" holding an unknown blondes hand on a beach.
Well, I'm not surprised, I've got a picture of my son at 4 years old looking the exact twin of the Spanish Infanta in an painting.
Rembrandt Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav") 2015111520...374f3e.jpg 
Rembrandt Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav") 2015111520...f3eb58.jpg 
Most of these really do NOT resemble the paintings--their noses, bone structures, etc. are all different. The only similarities are in their hair styles, which isn't saying much IMO.
I found mine in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. 12928288_1...f1b9dc.jpg 
anyone else notice that in #11 and #26 its the same picture in the background
Interesting. I wonder if the similar looks indicate some familial link.
What impresses me the most, is that a lot of them still have the same haircut (and beard)!
In case you can't afford to go to all the museums... http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/research/face_paint/
Totally happened to me in the Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Louvre. Egypt-Lesl...eac20a.jpg 
I'd be finding out who they were, and checking through my family tree..
the people in the photo are laughing at us right now.. because they are real time travelers,, hahahahaha
Found mine on FB Looks exactly like me when I was 30 wow-59b894...b88c1f.jpg 
Noone heard about "The Royal Archduke of Grand Fenwick"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHm11RjuO2o
It's been said that we all have a twin ... I've seen my cousins twin and my niece found a pic of a model from the fifties that is dead ringer of myself. My best friends Mom was at a bar and saw her twin, She said they just stared at each other and she was so dumbfounded that she just got up and left the bar ! All True!
"So do us"??? And news flash, doppelgängers are always identical, that's what makes them doppelgängers.
Have had this experience myself (with a cutaway in a Weimar nightclub) in a Louise Brooks documentary. It's the freakiest.
Only a couple actually look like the art. All the rest are a stretch. Looking somewhat like a piece of art doesn't count.
Funny, I just read an article how people easily get tricked into thinking two strangers look similar just because they have a similar hairstyle. And bam - this article! Come on, in many cases, their faces aren't similar at all.
I'll take #8....and I don't mean the one hanging on the wall... :-))))))
It's strange that some people are actually preparing themselves to look like the paintings. It just removes all the spontaneity from this post. Sorry, made-up world, I'm like that.
Type-o in your first line, friend. Should be "so do we" not "so do us". And very cool post!
my Aunty Samantha got an awesome year old Porsche Panamera from only workin parttime online... see>>>>>>>>>>> ,,,,http://www.beartip.com.....
It's good as long as two of them doesn't met and draw a sword while yelling "ONLY ONE CAN REMAIN!".
Only some of us employees at the Milwaukee Art Museum got our portraits on the wall in the galleries. 76113D50-4...41946f.jpg
Strangers kept asking me if I was the girl in the painting PC272154-5...1d882b.jpg
I have a couple art doppelgangers. This one is in Pittsburgh. doppelgang...84f9ff.jpg
Apparently, I was Manet's mistress. I found this gem at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. My uncle said "what an unattractive woman" while I was standing there in this exact spot and pose. Everyone's a critic. 13654396_1...398260.jpg
I hang immortalized at the Belle Mead Plantation in Nashville. IMG_7778-5...fbc126.jpg
Louis Tussaud’s Palace of Wax in Grand Prairie, Texas 411356_362...8d73b6.jpg
Dunno where this painting resides, but my sister made me dress up and pose like her. doppelgang...00-png.jpg
I can't get over to Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to take a picture with my twin, so here's me Hailing the Ferry from my office. The likeness in real life is so strong, I've had friends text me from the museum. Hailing_th...cc016d.jpg
Found mine in Angeles Santos painting in Reina Sofia, Madrid 18664726_1...8525b3.jpg
I found my doppelganger at Denmark's Kronborg Castle – Home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Guy-and-59...78e202.jpg
I found my cousin at Pinacoteca, in São Paulo, Brazil 20953557_1...d32092.jpg
How these even possible.....especially that old pa 's nose, exactly the same
So the first think I thought when I looked at the first pic was " Oh, I have a friend that looks pretty much the same as these two" So here's the result: she indeed looks like them: some-5a09d...0ec105.jpg
OK so I got a pic of a friend of mine. First thought was that she looked so much like these two girls and in the end, she really do: some-5a09d...04d8f3.jpg
*George V reborns in Brazil !* My friend Marcio Carneiro was born in Brazil and bears a striking resemblance to King George V from the United Kingdow. Similarities are not only physical, in the first place, he is a Lord. His manners and way of behaving are definetely coming from royalty. He cares for his look and is a bodybuilder . He loves art. Painting and dancing are his passions, and for those he is specially gifted. Marcio´s work shows off his Brazilian roots with pride. His paintings are very realistic and close to perfection, a truely royal artist.
Brendan McD, found my doppelganner in Musee d'Orsay Paris 10543671_7...9e2d8b.jpg
My husband and Rudyard Kipling at Mr. Kipling's home in East Sussex, UK. Creepiest fan ever. Big-fan-59...47af8f.jpg
I guess we all have a double but mine was painted in 1787 by Francisco Goya… Saw this portrait at the Met Nan-and-li...87ab01.jpg
Finding a 100+ yr old painting of ur exact mirror image, trippy experience no doubt :p
found mine on facebook when I was looking for an old friend.My friends name came up and so did a picture of "me" holding an unknown blondes hand on a beach.
Well, I'm not surprised, I've got a picture of my son at 4 years old looking the exact twin of the Spanish Infanta in an painting.
Rembrandt Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav") 2015111520...374f3e.jpg
Rembrandt Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav") 2015111520...f3eb58.jpg
Most of these really do NOT resemble the paintings--their noses, bone structures, etc. are all different. The only similarities are in their hair styles, which isn't saying much IMO.
I found mine in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. 12928288_1...f1b9dc.jpg
anyone else notice that in #11 and #26 its the same picture in the background
Interesting. I wonder if the similar looks indicate some familial link.
What impresses me the most, is that a lot of them still have the same haircut (and beard)!
In case you can't afford to go to all the museums... http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/research/face_paint/
Totally happened to me in the Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Louvre. Egypt-Lesl...eac20a.jpg
I'd be finding out who they were, and checking through my family tree..
the people in the photo are laughing at us right now.. because they are real time travelers,, hahahahaha
Found mine on FB Looks exactly like me when I was 30 wow-59b894...b88c1f.jpg
Noone heard about "The Royal Archduke of Grand Fenwick"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHm11RjuO2o
It's been said that we all have a twin ... I've seen my cousins twin and my niece found a pic of a model from the fifties that is dead ringer of myself. My best friends Mom was at a bar and saw her twin, She said they just stared at each other and she was so dumbfounded that she just got up and left the bar ! All True!
"So do us"??? And news flash, doppelgängers are always identical, that's what makes them doppelgängers.
Have had this experience myself (with a cutaway in a Weimar nightclub) in a Louise Brooks documentary. It's the freakiest.
Only a couple actually look like the art. All the rest are a stretch. Looking somewhat like a piece of art doesn't count.
Funny, I just read an article how people easily get tricked into thinking two strangers look similar just because they have a similar hairstyle. And bam - this article! Come on, in many cases, their faces aren't similar at all.
I'll take #8....and I don't mean the one hanging on the wall... :-))))))
It's strange that some people are actually preparing themselves to look like the paintings. It just removes all the spontaneity from this post. Sorry, made-up world, I'm like that.
Type-o in your first line, friend. Should be "so do we" not "so do us". And very cool post!
my Aunty Samantha got an awesome year old Porsche Panamera from only workin parttime online... see>>>>>>>>>>> ,,,,http://www.beartip.com.....
