evidence: No, London gallery isn’t removing painting for Putin likeness CLAIM: The National Gallery in London is removing a portrait by Jan van Eyck due to complaints that the painting resembles Russian President Vladimir Putin. [...] One Twitter post with more than 10,000 likes shared the image with a caption that reads: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT A London gallery wants to remove a painting by Jan van Eyck after frequent complaints from visitors about the likeness of the figure in the painting to Putin"