The claim that a woman in a painting from 1860 had an iPhone X went viral on the internet

From time to time, we can see that very similar people living today are depicted in an oil painting made centuries ago. Sometimes we come across situations where a person claims to be from the past. And now, time travel adventures have a new hero: iPhone X…

A new rumor that has surfaced on the internet claims that the iPhone X also travels in time. The claim that the woman in the oil painting “The Person Expected” by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller in 1860 had an iPhone X in her hand went viral on the Internet. There are many threads about this on social media platforms.

Internet baffled by woman appearing to hold an iPhone in an 1860 painting https://t.co/NTIbPlwLcs pic.twitter.com/HTfzWDOu9y

— New York Post (@nypost) April 28, 2023

So, what do you see in the picture above? Do you really think it’s an iPhone X or a book in the woman’s hand? If you’re ready, let’s hear the truth: Gerald Weinpolter, CEO of the Austrian-paintings.at art agency, said: “The girl in the Waldmüller painting isn’t playing with her iPhone X, she’s going to church holding a small prayer book.”

They also found the relevant book:

But it’s not, it a small bible many books in the mid-1800s were made to carry in the palm of the hand pic.twitter.com/ZLZiH3zUh6

— The Daily News Opinion 📰 (@TheDailyPretzel) April 28, 2023