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Liverpool FC striker Steven Gerrard has been immortalised in art to celebrate the launch of a new sports channel.

The 34-year-old dad-of-three is pictured in the style of Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of General John Burgoyne in the portrait, painted by talented mimic John Myatt.

It is part of a set which also includes Andrea Pirlo in the style of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Andrés Iniesta in the style of Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Dora Maar, Arjen Robben in the style of Vincent Van Gogh’s Self Portrait and Cristiano Ronaldo in the style of Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro’s Portrait of Professor Antero de Quental.

Mr Myatt has been commissioned to create the one-off portraits of some of Europe’s most exciting footballers, which will be unveiled at a Castle Fine Art gallery as the new Sky Sports 5 channel begins broadcasting today. He said: “Using such iconic faces as the basis for my portraits was great fun.”