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Emma Grimshaw

People say time travel is real as 'Nike shoes' spotted in National Gallery painting

People are convinced that a portrait in the National Gallery proves time travel is real. An eagle-eyed mum spotted what she says looks like a modern-day pair of trainers in a 17th Century painting.

Portrait of a Boy, painted by Dutch master Ferdinand Bol in the 1600s, shows an eight-year-old boy standing in the foreground holding a goblet, which he rests on a table adorned with a red cloth, reports the Daily Star.

But art fans, who have taken a closer look at the creation, are convinced that the boots have what looks like a white Nike tick on one side – despite being painted more than 300 years before the brand was founded in 1964.

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