# ID the person in this painting, please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508 "2016-01-18T15:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/21 "2016-01-18T22:52:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [I found another picture on Facebook!](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1083718201658920&set=p.1083718201658920&type=3&theater) With that moustache, that looks like Dali. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/22 "2016-01-18T23:10:05Z")
Another SFW Josephine Baker that the painting reminds me of: [http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/arts/history/2014/04/140417\_HIST\_JosephineBaker.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg](http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/arts/history/2014/04/140417_HIST_JosephineBaker.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/23 "2016-01-18T23:21:53Z")
If you type in Josephine Baker + fez, it pulls up a Josephine Baker room at the Le Marrakech. I think that also should be indicative that it’s probably her. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/24 "2016-01-18T23:38:34Z")
I’m not seeing the likeness to Baker. The lips do look feminine, though. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/25 "2016-01-19T15:06:32Z")
I vote for [Marcel Marceau](https://sophiedaa.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/marcel-marceau-031.jpg)as well. The lips and eyebrows look painted in the same style. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/26 "2016-01-19T17:56:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I vote for [Marcel Marceau](https://sophiedaa.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/marcel-marceau-031.jpg)as well. The lips and eyebrows look painted in the same style. Just doesn’t look caucasian to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/27 "2016-01-19T18:09:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I think the lines that look like facial hair are actually facial creases, like on the forehead and neck, more shadow than hair. I expect you’re right about that—but the artist’s technique, there, didn’t really work out. The end result doesn’t look like facial creases, much. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/28 "2016-01-19T18:40:03Z")
Belgian singer [Stromae](http://www.potins.net/celebrites/stromae-une-nouvelle-preuve-de-son-arrogance-119048.html). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/29 "2016-01-19T18:52:21Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > Belgian singer [Stromae](http://www.potins.net/celebrites/stromae-une-nouvelle-preuve-de-son-arrogance-119048.html). OMG!! ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508/30 "2016-01-20T03:11:59Z")
My daughter just told me about Stromae a few months ago - she loves his music. When I first saw your thread yesterday, that’s exactly who I thought it was, but I wasn’t completely convinced. I wonder, however, if Stromae’s pose is simply a representation of the real person in that painting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-person-in-this-painting-please/743508.md?page=1)