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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn, shamelessly appropriated from an event in early history, in which a soothsayer works his schtick on a naive Gaulish village. [mature] (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A theft 17 centuries in the making!

Well, this is in fact Albert Uderzo's fun tribute to the famous painting from 1632, from the series Astérix, specifically tome 19, Asterix and the Soothsayer (1972), made during the classic period when René Goscinny was still alive and plotting the series. I seem to recall that there's a couple more direct tribute pieces like this across the series.

Oh... right, The Raft of the Medusa one certainly comes to mind:

Barbe Rouge, in his shock, is punning on the name of the famous painting, exclaiming "I'm stunned!"

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Asterix was one of my favorite cartoons when I was little. I still have a few books hanging around in a box somewhere, but they're not in the best shape anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Nice find! I love it when artists include such eastereggs.