During this time of isolation, art lovers around the world have found a way to unite and stay creative: by recreating classic artworks using whatever they can find at home.
Several social media ‘challenges’ have gone viral online by institutions like the Getty Museum, Rijksmuseum, and Tussen Kunst & Quarantaine on Instagram.
I’ve compiled some of my personal favorites below. But you can find many more submission on Twitter, Instagram (here too), Facebook, and reddit!
1. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Recreation via Krlmhl on reddit
2. Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan van Eyck
Recreation via Covid Classics
3. Self Portrait by Joseph Ducreux
Recreated by ESOAP on reddit
4. Me and My Parrots by Frida Kahhlo
Recreated by lana09 on reddit
5. Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid’s Garden
by John William Waterhouse
Recreated by moorelei on reddit
6. Madonna and Child by Andrea Mantegna
Recreation via squidrobots on reddit
7. Self Portrait – Joseph Ducreux
Recreated by Paul Morris Pollux
8. Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Recreated by echothatislove on reddit
9. Spring by Édouard Manet
Recreated by OldMan603 on reddit
10. Irises by Vincent van Gogh
Recreated by Cara Jo O’Connell
11. Self Portrait by Vincent van Gogh
Recreated by jaykwellinm on reddit
12. Portrait de Madame P. by Tamara de Lempicka
Recreated by yoink15 on reddit
13. Chais, Santa Monica by Edward Weston
Recreated by Ill_shoot_anything on reddit
14. Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci
Recreated by YoureNotAGenius on reddit
15. The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Recreated by Elizabeth Ariza
16. Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer by Fernand Khnopff
Recreated by Carrie
17. The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough
Recreated by mrdr_fest on reddit
18. Pictura (An Allegory of Painting) by Frans van Mieris the Elder
Recreated by Vignesh Ram
19. Self Portrait with Small Monkey by Frida Kahlo
Recreated by Louie_lou_eye on reddit
20. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali
Recreated via neburvlc on reddit
21. Balloon Dog (blue) by Jeff Koons
Recreated by JJ Obee
22. Saturn by Peter Paul Rubens
Recreation via keatches on reddit
23. Saturn Devouring His Son by Fancisco Goya
Recreated by LondonDave on reddit
24. Portrait of a Man by Jan van Eyck
Recreated by Melissa Nordan
25. Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type by The Cycladic
Recreated by Irena Ochódzka
26. Portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud’s Studio
Recreated by ewitstyler
27. Lady Playing a Lute by Bartolomeo Veneto
Recreated by Kelli Vigil
28. Salvador Dali and Gala by Nikola Golubovski
Recreation via PoonSwoggle on reddit
29. A Woman with a Bird by Pablo Picasso
Recreated by Dhanish04 on reddit
30. A Woman in a Fish Hat by Pablo Picasso
Recreated by thatdarnchelsey
31. Portrait of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso
Recreated by lil-drummer-girl
32. The King of Arms of the Order of the Golden Fleece Writing about Jacques de Lalaing by Simon Bening
Recreation via Getty Museum
33. A Hare in the Forest by Hans Hoffmann
Recreation via Getty Museum
34. Agata van Schoonhoven by Jan van Scorel
Recreated by @isabeauvaneembergen
35. Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone
by Jean-éteinne Liotard
Recreated by Sara Liu
36. Portrait of a Young Woman by Nicolaes Pickenoy
Recreated by Bryan Beasley
37. Still Life: Tea Set by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Recreation via Getty Museum
38. Komposition 8 by Vasily Kandinsky
Recreated by itsjacobhere
39. Jeanne (Spring) by Édouard Manet
Recreated by irisofamanda
40. Safie by William Clarke Wontner
Recreated by wavyschmavy
41. Portrait of Isabella of Portugal by Rogier van der Weyden
Recreated by Heather Karlie Vieira
42. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer
Recreation via Phantompooper03
43. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
Recreated by 8AndAHalfInchNails
44. Portrait of Barbara van Beck by Unknown Painter
Recreated by corriewench
45. Portrait of Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Recreated by Sara Bracciantini
46. Sistine Madonna by Raphael
Recreated by The-Page-of-sowrds
47. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Recreated by lanceessner
48. Two Women at a Window by Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Recreated by @InLindon
49. The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
Recreated by Alex Woollard
50. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer
Recreated by Rag3ina