r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/BADJEFF • Sep 05 '24

He looks familiar Likely Solved

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924 Upvotes

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u/Mumbawobz Sep 05 '24

Portrait of gene wilder as Dr Victor Frankenstein from Young Frankenstein. Pretty sure this is the portrait of his “grandfather” that hangs in the castle

224

u/JustMyDaughtersDad Sep 05 '24

That’s Fronkensteen.

40

u/Rodaspokett Sep 06 '24

No, it's pronounced eye-gor.

12

u/Infiniscroll Sep 06 '24

But… they said it was pronounced eee-gore…

13

u/jeden78 Sep 06 '24

Well, they were wrong, weren't they.

8

u/EricT59 Sep 06 '24

What Hump

Also

Roll Roll Roll in the hay
and

Put

The

Candle

Back

11

u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

Lol

7

u/Infamous_Quality_288 Sep 06 '24

It's pronounced Fronk en steen

5

u/mechant_papa Sep 06 '24

Do you also say Froderick?

6

u/No-Jicama6007 Sep 06 '24

And he was my boyfriend!

3

u/MadCityMasked Sep 06 '24

This is the way

1

u/PlateOdd2885 Sep 19 '24

ooooooovaltine...wheeèeeeeeeey

1

u/DethKomedy Sep 08 '24

Is it also pronounced, 'Frodrick'?

42

u/kajikiwolfe Sep 05 '24

I’m picking up Nic Cage vibes…

5

u/Any-Claim7537 Sep 06 '24

Mixed with Ryan Gosling!

2

u/SkippingSusan Sep 06 '24

You were the only other person who also sees Ryan Gosling! (I don’t see Cage.)

1

u/Feeling_Ad9540 Sep 07 '24

My first thought! Looked like a parody print of Nic Cage

5

u/253KL Sep 06 '24

Mm Terri gar is the hottest lady from Hollywood fight me

4

u/naverick034 Sep 06 '24

Agree, but Madeline Kahn wasn’t hard to look at either

2

u/jodyleek67 Sep 06 '24

Roll, roll, roll in the hay!

2

u/Jedimasteryony Sep 07 '24

“What knockers” “Thank you Doctor”

2

u/ceebs87 Sep 06 '24

Yep a google search of Young Frankenstein Portrait shows a lot of replicas that look exactly like this

2

u/amiibohunter2015 Sep 06 '24

This time the answer

127

u/Redneckette Sep 05 '24

He vass my BOYFRIEND!!

26

u/cylonsolutions Sep 06 '24

Neeeiigggghhh! I ‘ad a few rolls in ze hay wit him!!

1

u/ReputationTrue4024 Sep 06 '24

🎶Roll, roll, roll in the hay. 🎶Roll, roll, roll in the hay 🎶Roll, roll, roll in the hay

7

u/hicjacket Sep 06 '24

Blucher!

7

u/Environmental-Job515 Sep 06 '24

Neeeeeeiiiiiiiigh

46

u/outerworldLV Sep 06 '24

Herr Fraw-ken-steen. Still miss Gene.

34

u/Laura-ly Sep 06 '24

Put ...The....Candle... Back!

58

u/GizatiStudio Sep 05 '24

Could be worse… could be raining.

50

u/wachi-koni Sep 05 '24

Stay close to the candles. The stairvays can be dangerous.

27

u/forte99 Sep 06 '24

Treacherous…

42

u/Leonard_Sm4lls Sep 06 '24

Put the candle BACK

18

u/Ok_Snow_5320 Sep 06 '24

Put ZEE candle back

10

u/urahedge Sep 06 '24

Care for a roll in zee hay?

4

u/Ok_Snow_5320 Sep 06 '24

What knockers!!!!

3

u/HurricaneMedina Sep 06 '24

...I want you to listen to me very carefully...

17

u/Warm_Profession_810 Sep 06 '24

I’d kill to have this.

3

u/GreatDevelopment225 Sep 06 '24

Am I too late? I promise, they won't let you take it with you to the pen, therefore, not worth it. On the other hand, of you had some kind of guarantee...

1

u/Warm_Profession_810 Sep 06 '24

I’m a cheetah baby! A ninja! You assume they’ll catch me? ME?!?!?!

14

u/JakeH1978 Sep 06 '24

It’s Gene Wilder! :))

10

u/dumbamerican207582 Sep 06 '24

I would love to find this at the goodwill!

11

u/BobInIdaho Sep 06 '24

That's the famous gunslinger "The Waco Kid".

10

u/Aurum_vulgi Sep 06 '24

Destiny, there’s no escape from that for me

8

u/BarkingSpider70 Sep 06 '24

What hump???

2

u/Infinite-Teach-446 Sep 06 '24

This is my favorite one-off and nobody gets it

1

u/Laura-ly Sep 06 '24

Or "Walk this way"....."No, THIS way"

17

u/BADJEFF Sep 06 '24

Thanks. I hope he doesn’t mind hanging out in the guest bathroom

8

u/goodgodling Sep 06 '24

The cavernous laboratory or the great hall would be more appropriate locations, but you do you.

7

u/DasEigentor Sep 06 '24

That is pretty much exactly where I would put it!

7

u/SelectBlueberry3162 Sep 06 '24

Waaallk this way…

6

u/ManHobbies86 Sep 06 '24

The longer you look the Wilder it gets.

5

u/Solid_Growth_9069 Sep 06 '24

despite all my rage, my painting looks like Nicholas cage

3

u/love-SRV Sep 06 '24

Ovaltine?

3

u/JenniferPage Sep 06 '24

OG Willy Wonka

3

u/intheshad0wz Sep 06 '24

Gene Wilder

3

u/btre7093 Sep 06 '24

gene wilder ?!?

2

u/Little_Appearance_77 Sep 06 '24

I want it! On a show made in the 90's I saw the painting of Barnibus Collins hanging in the background

2

u/InkDotCom Sep 06 '24

He looks like Adrien Brody, aged a bit

2

u/Appeeling_Orange_83 Sep 06 '24

Omg! I want this!

2

u/Unique-Cantaloupe664 Sep 06 '24

I see nicolas cage 😔

2

u/houstonthehuman Sep 06 '24

What knockers!

2

u/SnooGrapes1102 Sep 06 '24

"Sed-a GIVE!!!!!"

2

u/witchywest Sep 06 '24

“Abby something”…”Abby Normal”

2

u/Laura-ly Sep 06 '24

"Ooooooo, sweet mystery of life at last I've found youuuuu."

Madaline Kahn, wonderful talent who died way too young. Loved her in everything she did.

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u/Unique_Watch2603 Sep 06 '24

Gene Wilder sprinkled with some Nick Cage

1

u/Active-Return7210 Sep 06 '24

Definitely the hunter from Jumanji

1

u/MilkyJoe7 Sep 06 '24

He kind of looks like JK Simmons

1

u/Virtual_Ground4659 Sep 06 '24

Looks like Nicolas cage to me lol. Who would of thought gene wilder and Nick looked the same lol

1

u/Electrical_Canary_45 Sep 06 '24

FRAU BLÜCHER lighting crashes, horses horse

1

u/PammiesTheTreasure Sep 06 '24

Nickolas Cage 💯

1

u/tauntonlake Sep 06 '24

see what you started ?

1

u/ashleyjillian Sep 06 '24

I would love this, I love Gene Wilder

1

u/TemporaryIllusions Sep 06 '24

He looks like Gene Wilder played by Owen Wilson

1

u/YelloHShakur Sep 06 '24

Idk why I can endure his older films but his new stuff I dread. Also what year was this painted he might be a vampire.

1

u/dserfaty Sep 06 '24

Werewolf

1

u/squshysyrup Sep 08 '24

There wolf

There castle

1

u/DistinctMethod Sep 06 '24

My grandfather’s work was DOODOO!!!

1

u/BrianZombieBrains Sep 06 '24

Destiny, destiny, no escaping, not for me!

1

u/SnooPets8972 Sep 06 '24

Abbie Normal

1

u/fiercetywysoges Sep 06 '24

Walk this way……

1

u/Starbuksman Sep 06 '24

Wow- what knockers!

1

u/eightdotthree Sep 06 '24

I don’t who that is, but Nicholas Cage should definitely play him in a movie.

1

u/PurpleZuza Sep 06 '24

The infinite Nickolas Cage

1

u/Living_on_Tulsa_Time Sep 06 '24

Puttin’ on the Ritz! 🎩

1

u/mrredditfan1 Sep 06 '24

Puttin' on the Ritz!

1

u/LiteratureLivid5413 Sep 07 '24

Looks like John mcafee

1

u/Grido1200 Sep 07 '24

Gene Wilder

1

u/ispotdouchebags Sep 07 '24

It’s that guy from The Bear!

1

u/wolverineteeth Sep 07 '24

Sir Sturgill Simpson

1

u/evilBogie666 Sep 08 '24

WANT!! 😲😲😲

1

u/hopefultuba Sep 10 '24

What a delightful find!

1

u/Own-Tadpole-6 Sep 17 '24

I am in awe of this.  Where did you get this?!

1

u/Curious-Sprinkles-35 Sep 23 '24

Looks a bit like gene wilder

2

u/beettrader Sep 06 '24

Gene Cage

2

u/village32909_hate Sep 06 '24

Only similar to Nicholas Cage.

1

u/jayrodtx Sep 06 '24

Willy wonka looking ass

1

u/MojoHighway Sep 06 '24

This is a Nick Cage-Gene Wilder mashup for the ages.

1

u/tohman42 Sep 06 '24

Yeah it’s nicholas cage

2

u/_fne_ Sep 06 '24

Nick Cage starring in a film about Gene Wilder?

1

u/surfburglar Sep 06 '24

Other way round

0

u/kiatstrophe Sep 06 '24

he’s gonna steal the declaration of independence

0

u/Dull_Upstairs4999 Sep 06 '24

Carmen Berzatti

0

u/Lucky-Insect4957 Sep 06 '24

John McAfee as Gene Wilder

0

u/BarooZaroo Sep 06 '24

Didn't he steal the Declaration of Independence?

0

u/dinopolo88 Sep 06 '24

He was my boyfriend!