We Transformed Four Iconic Portraits as Modern Day Photos

To mark Raiders of the Lost Art we've transformed some iconic portraits into modern day photographs.

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The Model for The Blue Boy

Brendan O'Sullivan stood in as the model for the reworking of Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy.
The Blue Boy as a Modern Day Photo

After Brendan O'Sullivan posed for a photograph and with some digital artwork, here is Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy transformed into a photo-real image.

A full length portrait in oil by artist Thomas Gainsborough. It is perhaps his most famous work and is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttal, the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, painted in 1770.
The Model for Mona Lisa

Hannah Coleman stood in as the model for the reworking of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa as a Modern Day Photo

After Hannah Coleman posed for a photograph and with some digital artwork, here is Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa transformed into a photo-real image.

The iconic Mona Lisa, painted by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, is believed to have been produced between 1503 and 1506. It has been acclaimed as 'the best known, the most visited, the most written about, and the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world', and was infamously stolen in a heist from the Louvre in 1911 and not recovered until two years later.
The Model for Raphael

Thomas Lund stood in as the model for the reworking of Raphael's self portrait.
Raphael's Self Portrait as a Modern Day Photo

After Thomas Lund posed for a photograph and with some digital artwork, here is Raphael's self portrait transformed into a photo-real image.

This presumed self portrait of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, is dated between 1504 and 1506. The work of this Italian artist is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition.
The Model for Rembrandt

Brendan Stapleton stood in as the model for the reworking of Rembrandt's self portrait.
Rembrandt's Self Portrait as a Modern Day Photo

After Brendan Stapleton posed for a photograph and with some digital artwork, here is Rembrandt's self portrait transformed into a photo-real image.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was a renowned Dutch painter and etcher. This self-portrait is one of over 90, with this particular portrait from the period when he had lost most of his fortune, believed to have been between 1665 and 1669.