The Internet is posting Luigi Mangione’s perpwalk photos next to famous renaissance paintings, or otherwise highlighting the photos' very renaissance-like compositions.
Note to my art nerds: I know not all these paintings are from the renaissance. I’m just dumb and going off vibes
“The Disrobing of Christ,” by El Greco.
“The Arrest of Christ,” by some artist I can’t confirm the name.
“The Capture of Christ," Heinrich Hofmann
Similar imagery are being found in the real world, too.
📍Baltimore, Maryland
— Luigi Mangione Updates 💬 ([@thecigaverse.swifties.social](http://thecigaverse.swifties.social)) Dec 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Or just general expressions of support.
Luigi 2024 watercolour and noodlers waterproof pink ink
— Armpit Sweaty ([@armpit-sweaty.bsky.social](http://armpit-sweaty.bsky.social)) Dec 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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I’ll post more images here as I come across them.
Edit 10:57pm 12/20/24:
Luigi Mangione’s extradition has an uncanny resemblance to this 1306 painting by Giotto di Bondone "The Arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas)" as part of his famous Scrotegni chapel fresco in Italy pic.twitter.com/3BQMTMOl2A
— Free Luigi (@InnocentLuigi) December 20, 2024
Luigi Mangione’s mugshot is like something that came straight out of a Caravaggio painting pic.twitter.com/yZwpbPuRJV
— Emi Eleode (@EmiEleode) December 10, 2024
Did Luca Mi Balzini's 1892 painting, "The Lion in a Cage," depicting Napoleon in captivity, foreshadow the arrest of Luigi Mangione? pic.twitter.com/SoTudOgqNQ
— bone (@boneGPT) December 9, 2024
Even the AI bros are getting in on the art fair:
"Cattura di Luigi nell' orto" - by CaravaggioGPT pic.twitter.com/h4ZXDFdzFY
— JP - e/🌏 (@ferrouswheel) December 20, 2024
Edit 5:12pm 12/22/24:
In this two panel comparison, Jesus' robe is photoshopped to appear more orange in color, like a prison jumpsuit. Here’s what the original painting looks like.
There’s something so significant feeling about these images but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Paging all anthropologists.
Edit 11:04pm 12/22/2024
It’s spreading.
"Defend. Deny. Depose" Luigi Mangione, world hero" Sticker seen in São Paulo, Brazil
— Radical Graffiti ([@radicalgraffiti.bsky.social](http://radicalgraffiti.bsky.social)) Dec 21, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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