RTÉ's Charlie Bird has been spotted in a Renaissance painting

A glitch in the matrix.

THERE IS NO explanation for how this happened, but it once again proves that everyone has a doppelganger out there.

Sometimes you might have to go back centuries to find yours, though.

Look at this image spotted in a museum in Venice, Italy this week

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Right in the centre, you will spot this man chilling in all his finery

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Whoever he was, he is the absolute spits of beloved former RTÉ newsman Charlie Bird

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Dara Keane sent the image into DailyEdge.ie told us how he stumbled upon the Renaissance version of the ex RTÉ broadcaster:

I have just returned from Venice and inside the Doges Palace, in the room next to the bridge of sighs I came across this portrait of ruling Venetians from centuries ago. My wife and I recognised one as the spitting image of Charlie Bird.

How has no Irish visitor to Venice come across this epic likeness before?

There he is, amongst his other Venetian rulers

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The resemblance is truly uncanny.

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A wonderful glitch in the matrix.

hat-tip to Dara Keane for sending in the images

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