That magnificent beard, the furrowed brow, those dark eyes staring daggers at you.
Everything about this portrait bears an uncanny resemblance to Roy Keane. Except, it's not.
The former Manchester United star's doppelganger has been discovered in nothing less than a Renaissance painting, the Irish Mirror reports.
The mysterious man in the painting by Italian renaissance artist Paolo Veronese - called Portrait of Gentleman in a Fur - looks remarkably similar to the Ireland manager - right down to the grey-streaked beard (though we're not too sure about the fur-lined clothes).
Dated somewhere between 1550 - 1560, the painting hangs in the Galleria Palatina in Florence.
The identity of the man in the portrait is unknown.
The artist - originally born Paolo Caliari - was a Venice-based artist that is considered one of the ‘great trio of painters that dominated Venetian painting’ in the late 16th century.
A photo of the painting was posted to reddit by Deeheefish on September 3.
Story and source: The Mirror
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