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Monday, June 4, 2012

Doppelgangers in Paint

Hercule Poirot?
No, it's a portrait of the painter Toulouse Lautrec by Giovanni Boldini. Source

And now for something a little different.

I was looking at a certain painting the other day and remarking to myself how much the portrait's sitter reminded me of a certain fictional detective. (see above) Then, as these sorts of things usually do, I happened upon another painting which reminded me of yet another fictional detective. That's when the light bulb flashed over my head.

Why not see how many fictional detectives I can cast from portraits? Just for fun, I mean. The history of art is an enormous department of central casting. At some point it might be fun to cast a whole movie or a whole book from paintings.

Sherlock Holmes?
No, it's a self-portrait by Australian Hugh Ramsey. Source

Is this Nero Wolfe disguised in a red suit and mustache?
No, it's a self-portrait of the Norwegian painter Anders Zorn. Source


  Is this Archie Goodwin?
No, it's a vintage illustration for a hat advertisement.


Is this Henri Bencolin, John Dickson Carr's French detective?
No, it's a portrait of Mikhail Kuzmin by Konstantin Somov. Source

Is this Lord Peter Whimsey?
No, it's a portrait of Louis Betts by William Merritt Chase. Source

Is this Miss Marple?
No, it is a portrait of Madame Rysselberghe by Theo van Rysselberghe.

Is this George Simenon's French Inspector Maigret?
No, it's a self-portrait of Spanish painter Luis Felipe Usabal. Source.

Is this James Bond?
No, it's a Portrait Du Marquis by Tamara De Lempicka. 

Is this Miss Amelia Peabody aka Mrs. Radcliffe Emerson?
No it's a portrait by Sarah Stillwell. Source

Is this Alan Bradley's 11 year old detective, Miss Flavia DeLuce?
No, it's a portrait of his daughter Mary by George Spencer Watson.

Is this John Dickson Carr's Sir Henry Merrivale?
No, it's a self-portrait of artist Henry Marvell Carr. Source


Is this Jack Reacher in a 1919 swimsuit?
No it's cover art by J.C. Leyendecker.