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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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#1
Face To Face With Yourself In A Museum
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
WOW!! Just a tad of make-up below the eyes, and she's a sure ringer!
Richard Petch 8 years ago
And a little narrower in the chin then yes they are sisters.
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Mimis Nachbarin 8 years ago
The interesting question here is: Is she related to the original model?
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#2
So He Goes To The Art Museum And This Happened
Kjorn 8 years ago
i Wonder if he ask for a free pass... Hey... don't recognize me? I'm in the picture
Kristin Haskins 8 years ago
Nope. You're MUCH younger than the guy in the portrait. But you OOULD claim that you'd been framed...
#3
Made An Interesting Discovery At The Art Museum Today
bianca johnson 8 years ago
Need to see him in those red tights to be sure this is a real doppelganger
Barb Crane 8 years ago
I saw this years ago and research was done and the family is from the same area in Italy and remotely related. That's some powerful DNA.
#4
The Doppelgänger Experience
#5
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
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
111 years?? It looks like this could have been his last years Halloween outfit!
Oma Fechner 8 years ago
Real resemblance is hard to tell with a beard, nose very similar. If he loses some weight, they might look alike more.
Jeffrey Oughton 7 years ago
Maybe he's got a split personality, and his other self moonlights as a stunt man in kung fu movies!!!
#6
My Friend Is Actually A Time Traveller
endelbendel 8 years ago
It is just in the hair. Harsh lighting obscures shape of facial structure.
#7
Found My Great-Great Grandmother At Louvre
just a thought ! 8 years ago
Yvonne ? I think you were in bored panda a long time ago ? Nice to see you back , cause your comments were always hilarious !
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just a thought ! 8 years ago
And even your dress has the same neckline ... Are you sure you didn't jump out from that picture ?
#8
Found My Doppelgänger At The Louvre. Íñigo Melchor De Velasco
Laura LaTata 8 years ago
My name is Inigo Melchor de Velasco... You are my doppelganger. Prepare to die...
Tracey Mehan 8 years ago
Hahaha! I was going to say "And YOU killed my father!"
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ugaas wiilhoog 8 years ago
I usually don't notice hair but wow he has an amazing mane. 👏 kudos dude
Joe Blankenfeld 8 years ago
Was he telling someone that he killed his father? Was he also telling that someone that he should be preparing to die?
#9
I'm The Head
#10
Found My Dopplegänger From Half A Century Ago In An Art Museum In Zurich
WS Cohen 8 years ago
Yes, the man in the painting looks like this man, but it doesn't look at all like a painting from 50 years ago.
Brad Reid 7 years ago
Please add this image to your collection. This made me think of a picture I took, of a professor of mine, while I was traveling through Europe in 2001. Jay-5a78bf...d21439.jpg 
Ana Gonçalves 8 years ago
Hello! I found my doppelganger too, in Palazzo Vechio, in Florence (Italy) and would love to share! Please let me know how to do it! Ana Gonçalves
#11
My Best Mate Went To The Louvre And Discovered A Painting Of Him Done Many Years Before
Wyndmere 8 years ago
So, you were a priest in a previous life? What would your previous self think of you now?
K.C. Deadrick 6 years ago
100% this guy: Patrick Fischler, in TONS of tv/movie stuff - LOOK. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279209/ (and yes I necro'd this thread because it took me a year to find him again in anything - and remembered this post) :D
Rand Allan 8 years ago
My wife was pushing our first granddaughter in a stroller through a gallery of old paintings, when suddenly my granddaughter pointed to a painting and exclaimed, "Gramma in the picture! Gramma in the picture!" Sure enough, there was a lady in a Rembrandt painting that looked just like my wife. I have a distant cousin whose common ancestor with me is my GG Grandfather. When I was visiting her home in Scotland, I saw a picture of her grandson and granddaughter who were spitting images of my sister and my younger brother.
#12
Twin From The Past
just a thought ! 8 years ago
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 ?
Wyndmere 8 years ago
The other guy looks shorter and a little heavier, but still a close match. I'd be as curiis as a cat if I was one of them; they should meet.
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Shoeb Ahmad 8 years ago
This guy prepared himself with dress and accessories to look like the painting. But the other guy (in a different post) is the winner. I think a lot of people are preparing to look like these paintings.
Jim Quinnan 8 years ago
He's wearing that codpiece a bit high. Looks like it is protecting his navel!
Claire 8 years ago
It's called a cod piece. And this guy has it over his stomach bahahahaha
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My Friend Spotted This Painting Of Himself While Walking Through The Met
Beatz Girl (Erica) 8 years ago
That dog isn't a Greyhound or Whippet, it's body is too wide. It's a cross breed or one that is now extinct.
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#14
Gallery Lookalike
Wyndmere 8 years ago
Its your brother from another mother ... or maybe your great grandfather.
Jim Langer 8 years ago
Definitely not great nor great-great-grandfather: unless Degas had an unknown bastard child by a prostitute.
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Kristin Haskins 8 years ago
That painting HAD to be done by someone who knows you. Don't EVEN ...!!!
#15
Found His Doppelgänger In Trento, Italy Science Museum
Zori the degu 8 years ago
My sister looked like one of the troglodytes in the Dublin Natural history museum. Still bother her with this fact from time to time. ;D
#16
I Found My Pre-Pre-Pre-Existence
#17
Weird Al Proves He Is Immortal At The Louvre
Eric Baker 8 years ago
I personally think Weird Al looks like half of the lunatics painted at the Louvre.......
Amber Gordon 8 years ago
that's a da vinci that was ridiculed because it made the guy too "feminine" ... interesting
#18
Historic Doppelganger Time
just a thought ! 8 years ago
Ikr ! And the real guy also has amazing blue eyes !
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Natalia Sanchez 8 years ago
Mr. Blue Eyes, you have just created your very own Fan club! hahah
#19
"I'm Henry The 8th I Am"
Janet Clarke 8 years ago
Oh, no, now that earworm will be in my head all day! Nice doppelganger, tho!
Monica Anderson 8 years ago
It's really only the hair color they have in common I think the outfit just makes you feel like they match
Martin Sundstrøm 8 years ago
Went to the trouble of wearimg a costume, but not of holding the cup in the correct hand?
#20
Visited Paris This Weekend. Just When I Was About To Take A Picture Of The Mona Lisa Something Better Caught My Eye
Tracey Mehan 8 years ago
Do you think he just stands under that painting all day to see if people notice?
Charlene James-Garrigues 8 years ago
Add more gray hair and he looks a lot like Phil Robertson from duck dynasty
#21
The Painting And I Were Matching
Carrol Vaughn 8 years ago
Not really the only thing I can see is that you both had yellow floor length dress on. that it. nothing to fascinating
#22
We Found Our Baby's Doppelgänger At The Gallery
#23
The Doppelganger From The Louvre Made Me Remember A Pic That I Took
Wyndmere 8 years ago
You might blush too, if your nude baby pict was hanging in a public museum.
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#24
I Think It Captures Him
Wyndmere 8 years ago
Just another bearded face. -- Might be good looking, can't really tell.-- Come on guys, quit covering up all the handsomeness.
Signe Manat Hansen 8 years ago
The beard is like 70 % of the handsomeness.
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Jacinta Shillingford 8 years ago
The painting looks like the actor who played Elliott Hope in Holby City
#25
Well Now, That's Quite A Resemblance!
Tiia Lehtola 8 years ago
it he opened his eyes a bit and didn't smile I can see it, need more beard too
#26
Me And Mexican Artist Juan Garcìa Ponce
Steph Daigle 8 years ago
If his hair was the same..u'd be able to see it!
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#27
When You Regret Shaving Your Stache Off
Fallon Ferintosh 6 years ago
And the shape of the eyes... right down to the crinkles! ;)
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#28
On Our Trip To Paris, My Friend Found Is Doppelganger In The Louvre. Hilarity Ensued
Sue Hedtke 4 years ago
It looks exactly like him....if the young man's hair were cut just a tad shorter, it would be perfect.
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Lisa Coveyou 8 years ago
The other guy who posed in front of this one looked more like the painting.
Dalia Bsaiso 7 years ago
Does no one see the resemblance between this person in this picture and Aaron Swartz? He’s AARON’S DOPPLEGÄNGER!
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What do you think ?
Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
It's good as long as two of them doesn't met and draw a sword while yelling "ONLY ONE CAN REMAIN!".
Heidi Zell 8 years ago
Only some of us employees at the Milwaukee Art Museum got our portraits on the wall in the galleries. 76113D50-4...41946f.jpg 
Ida-Maria Hansen 8 years ago
Strangers kept asking me if I was the girl in the painting PC272154-5...1d882b.jpg 
Abigail Kimball 8 years ago
I have a couple art doppelgangers. This one is in Pittsburgh. doppelgang...84f9ff.jpg 
Annie Ruggles 8 years ago
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 
Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
It's good as long as two of them doesn't met and draw a sword while yelling "ONLY ONE CAN REMAIN!".
Heidi Zell 8 years ago
Only some of us employees at the Milwaukee Art Museum got our portraits on the wall in the galleries. 76113D50-4...41946f.jpg
Ida-Maria Hansen 8 years ago
Strangers kept asking me if I was the girl in the painting PC272154-5...1d882b.jpg
Abigail Kimball 8 years ago
I have a couple art doppelgangers. This one is in Pittsburgh. doppelgang...84f9ff.jpg
Annie Ruggles 8 years ago
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
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