You don’t always have to go to an art gallery to admire works of art. Sometimes ordinary amateur photographers produce real masterpieces that look like Renaissance paintings. The paradox is that they didn’t make any special efforts to create these pictures, but just managed to capture the right moment.

“Husband sleeping in our Paris hotel room.”

• Don’t be embarrassed by the enthusiastic comments for such a handsome husband. © sidhescreams / Reddit

“My girlfriends and I are rushing to my wedding.”

“My bridesmaids are fixing my wedding dress. It ripped at the worst possible moment.”

• You’re like Cinderella and the two fairy godmothers. © CeriLuned / Reddit

“Wife trying to blow her nose”

• Madonna with a runny nose. © seafoamangel / Reddit

“My cat lazing around”

“Taken at a wedding”

“My daughter at breakfast at 7 a.m.”

“The Harbinger of Shade”

“My girlfriend has a tendency to fall asleep while sitting up, and did so the other day while still draped in a sheet.”

• I’m looking at it and I still don’t know what’s going on. But it really does look like a Renaissance painting. © LowSelfEsteemButFine / Reddit

“Missing a strategically placed bit of dish soap foam.”

“The wedding photographer made me feel like I was in a Renaissance painting.”

“The battle of the shelf”

“Went out to dinner this weekend.”

“Me and my ‘new’ wife”

Chickens in the sun

• I find it hard to believe that white chicken feathers aren’t brush strokes. © OutrageousLead / Reddit

“Mom giving me a perm”

“My friends on the wedding day. I took this photo with my phone, shot through the glass doors.”

“My sleeping boys”

“My bulldog basking in the light in his favorite jumper”

“My wife in the garden”

And these people here were also lucky to take a random photo and get a piece of art.