‘girl with the pearl earring’ by vermeer, recreated by jocelyne grivaud image via art history guide all barbie images courtesy of the artist

french artist jocelyn grivaud has created the ‘poupée barbie’ collection to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famous mattel doll. each work reinterprets a famous image pulled from photography, paintings by the masters, stills from powerful films as well as ancient sculpture in form of a barbie standing in as the protagonist. grivaud aimed to rectify the negative representation in modern media barbie received, and instead, portray the iconic doll in varied representation in order to appreciate concepts of both antiquated and modern beauty.

‘sylvia’ by otto dix right image via gunther stephan

‘olympia’ by edouard manet right image via wikipedia

‘l’evidence eternelle’ by rene magritte right image via the menil collection

bust of nefertiti from 1345 BCE right image via egyptian museum berlin

‘le violon d’ingres’ by man ray right image via getty art

‘neytiri’ by james cameron right image via take148

‘la gioconda” by leonardo da vinci right image via wikipedia

‘marylin dyptic’ by andy warhol right image via art history archive

bob dylan poster by milton glaser of pushpin graphic right image via smithsonian

guy bourdin right image via michael hoppen contemporary

‘le mépris’ film by jean-luc godard right image via julia stelzner

‘vénus de milo’ alexandros of antioch right image via art archive