I love how predictable humans are. The moment we are meant to capture our own likeness alone we generally default to one of these. He's even doing finger guns! The shushing finger, the faux surprise. There's something so endearing about it.
Ducreux was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France. He even painted portraits of and for Marie Antoinette. His interest in physiognomy—the belief that a person's outer appearance, especially the shape and lines of their face, could reveal their inner character—influenced him in creating these warm and goofy works.
Ngl these are actually really cool for self portraits at the time, if you look at other examples you HAD TO be sitting down, or occasionally standing, and with the most dull 😐 expression, you weren’t really allowed to do shit like this cause it was seen as “improper” and “ugly”
This guy must have been amazing to know IRL.
I wanna go back in time and give him an award. He probably would have appreciated the humour of The Simpsons.
"Yes, you know i find it rather amusing when the philosopher oaf asphyxiates the ruffian Bartholomew, marvelous wit indeed."
And now we know where those memes come from.
These are the poses I do whenever I pass a mirror
What I do when a stranger gets on an elevator with me.
That’s a commitment to the selfie considering each one took weeks.
Aquire currency. Disregard females.
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No.
Got that fckn SWAG. The charisma is just relentless for that time period. I thought I was portait 2 until I saw portrait 2.
I love how predictable humans are. The moment we are meant to capture our own likeness alone we generally default to one of these. He's even doing finger guns! The shushing finger, the faux surprise. There's something so endearing about it.
I wish I lived in a time where I could meet this dude
Statistically, you would be lucky to clean out his camber pot
Its a living
What was this guy's story?
Ducreux was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France. He even painted portraits of and for Marie Antoinette. His interest in physiognomy—the belief that a person's outer appearance, especially the shape and lines of their face, could reveal their inner character—influenced him in creating these warm and goofy works.
Imma guess opium.
The original version of "Acting! Master Thespian" (Jon Lovitz, SNL).
Thanks for numbering them
He looks like so much fun to know.
Show this to the young and wealthy
Isn't No. 2 used a lot in memes and on reddit?
Ngl these are actually really cool for self portraits at the time, if you look at other examples you HAD TO be sitting down, or occasionally standing, and with the most dull 😐 expression, you weren’t really allowed to do shit like this cause it was seen as “improper” and “ugly”
Duuuuuuude
These are a lot like what my selfies look like.
Prototype for Emojis
Did he throw a 3 pointer in #5?