How to Put Your Pet in the Picture

Ever wanted to find the purr-fect paw-trait of your furry friends?

By Google Arts & Culture

Stroking the Cat (1924) by Xu BeihongCAFA Art Museum

We all love taking a good selfie with our beloved pets. But have you ever considered something a bit more...refined? Maybe art history can provide (with a little bit of help from cutting-edge tech).

'Pet Portraits' lets you put your purr-fect little pal in the picture! Simply snap a picture of your dog, cat, bird, lizard, or horse, and let Machine Learning scan the archives for their painted doppelganger from art history.

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So, for example, this good little lad named Freddie...

Portrait of a Woman with a Blue Guitar. (2001) by Sam YeatesSouth Austin Popular Culture Center

...can find a friend in Sam Yeates' 2001 painting, Portrait of a Woman With a Blue Guitar.

Pet Portraits Result

It's a 78% match! And Pet Portraits can provide you with a whole selection of near-matches from throughout the archives. Scroll on to watch how you, too, can put your pet in the picture.

Pet Portraits

Pet Portraits Smartphone Dog 1

Ready to get snapping for yourself? Download the Google Arts & Culture App for Android or Apple and get going!

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