I invite you to name this painting

April 27, 2009 11:05 AM

Name this painting! Here's a link to one of the best portraits ever. But who is it? Who painted it? When?
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

It's a parody of the 1748 Haussmann portrait of J.S. Bach.
posted by zamboni at 11:20 AM on April 27, 2009

I wonder if the parody portrait is related to Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach.
posted by ericb at 11:49 AM on April 27, 2009

Seems like the parody part is somewhat inspired by the Einstein poster with his tongue sticking out.
posted by mikel at 12:15 PM on April 27, 2009

Hmmm...looks like Bob Hoskins to me.
posted by ColdChef at 12:23 PM on April 27, 2009