Artist claims they've seen a horse, paints an uncanny human-faced horse

Artist: Yes, of course I've seen a horse

This is a two-panel humorous meme. At the top, text reads 'Artist: Yes, of course I've seen a horse'. The left panel displays an old, likely medieval or early modern European painting of a male historical/religious figure in period clothing, riding a white horse that is anatomically incorrect. The right panel is a close-up crop of the horse's face, which has uncanny, almost human-like features: disproportionately large wide eyes, a strangely shaped snout, and overall proportions that do not match a real horse, highlighting how poorly the horse was rendered despite the artist's claim of knowing what a horse looks like. The joke pokes fun at the historical artist's lack of familiarity with horses and bad art technique, as well as people who lie about having experience with things they do not actually understand.

The core artwork is an obscure poorly executed historical equestrian portrait, likely painted by an artist with limited access to live horse references. This meme format adds sarcastic top text to the painting, and gained popularity as a shareable joke on Reddit's r/Meme community, used to mock people who pretend to have experience or knowledge of something they actually know very little about.