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Image showing a painting of a man wearing a cap and playing a lute on the left side and on the right side a boy imitates the pose.

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The Lute Player, Frans Hals (1582-1666) vanGo’d by will

© License of this image: CC-BY-SA License of original image: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Public Domain

- Ever get bored of just looking at paintings?
  
  With this interactive website, you and your friends can recreate famous paintings yourselves. Just choose a painting you like the look of and then have fun trying to recreate it yourselves.
  
  You can use props, costumes, or just work on getting the pose absolutely right. There's a real variety of paintings to choose from, such as Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait - perfect for creating selfies. You can even edit the pictures using photo editing software to change the image. Why not give yourself ginger hair and a beard like Samuel did in the image below?
  
  Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) vanGo’d by Samuel Batty© License of this image: CC-BY-SA. License of original image: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - CC-BY
  Or you can gather your friends together for something big like the image below.
  
  Michiel de Ruyter and his Family, Juriaen Jacobson (1625-1685) vanGo’d by DanceMatters© License of this image: CC-BY-SA License of original image: Amsterdam Museum - Public Domain
  Once you've snapped the perfect pic, you can post it on social media with the original painting for everyone to admire.