12/23/2013, 11:35 am
In the famous painting Washington Crossing the Delaware the artist depicts Washington standing out as the predominant figure – not only the tallest, but also the most striking (two rays of light shine on him, and the bright red in his cloak immediately pulls the eye in). Like ancient Greek sculptors or the Renaissance artist Michelangelo, the artist purposely exaggerates the stance of his subjects (in this case Washington) so as to achieve a stunning emotional impact. By taking the artistic license to portray Washington in a much smaller boat and in such a heroic stand, the artist shows Washington as the indefatigable leader of the Patriotic forces in their darkest hour.
A person viewing the piece is so drawn to Washington that the other faces in the boat are just passing shadows that barely register. That is until now.
It appears upon closer examination of the famous painting that the artist may have actually included a long lost relative in the work of our most recently made famous super model for his current work promoting Obamacare. I.B Waxing, a janitor at the Metro Art museum where Washington Crossing the Delaware is displayed, was the first to notice the striking similarity. "I was just sweeping up the area as I always do by the painting and happened to look up and said, dang if that just isn't him in the boat," Mr. Waxing said, "I told the curators later on they should have a look for themselves."
"We were to be honest frankly quite shocked at the resemblance," museum curator Artie Snobbish told The People's Cube, "but since their is no historical records of the names of the models the artist had chosen to use, it will be next to impossible to actually determine if there is a genetic relationship." So unless more information is forthcoming, we for now will just have to let our readers decide for themselves upon reviewing the famous art piece to determine if Pajama Boy has not only been a part of our most recent history, but that his modeling genes and good looks, may have also been a part of our past history as well.
