this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur - Joseph Ducreux (1793) (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Not often you see an accomplished artist make such an direct and confronting self portrait.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read about him some in the past when this image was used as a meme template. I firmly believe he would love seeing his work used in that way.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Totally I agree :)

[–] ramble81@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Imagine being told "an image of you will be the base of a joke that gets hundreds of thousands of people to laugh in just over 200 years".

[–] bentsea@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still my very favorite meme.