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20+ People Who Discovered Their Art History Doppelgängers at Museums

By Sara Barnes on September 14, 2017

The next time you go to a museum, keep an eye out for your twin!

Museum Doppelganger

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Art Museum Doppelganger

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Art Museum Doppelganger

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Art Museum Doppelganger

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Museum Doppelganger

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Museum Doppelganger

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There's even a doppelgänger for Weird Al!

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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