The scourge of the subways isn't just ruining your commute, it's also ruining your trip to the museum.

The phenomenon known as manspreading seems to have been sweeping our train rides for several years, but its origins actually go back way before public transit, social media or even electricity.

If you look at the art world, you'll discover that men have been needing to spread as early as the Renaissance — and it wasn't even just for the common commuter. Scholars, musicians and even kings have been known to showing off his unnecessarily wide gait.

Come on, guys, can you leave a little room for the other art?

Manspreading Paintings

Henry VIII: Notorious Manspreader.

Unknown, Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty

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Wow, dude. Could you make some room?

Adriaen Brouwer, A Boor Asleep

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Hey, buddy? We get it.

Joseph Wright of Derby, Portrait of Richard Arkwright

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Hello, sir? You're not the only one in the room.

Cornelis Troost, Jeronimus Tonneman and his Son

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Typical Henry VIII.

16th century painter, anonymous, Historia

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Is this any way for a president to act?

Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing The Delaware

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Pretty sure you can squeeze a few more inches of room onto that log there, friend.

Károly Ferenczy, Man Sitting on a Log

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All the aristocrats are crossing their legs these days -- didn't you get the memo?

John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Joseph Warren
The commuters two worst enemies: manspreading and subway performers.

Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Neil Gow

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Look at this guy. So proud of that spread.

Pieter Codde, Portrait of a painter in front of his easel

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Even Greek gods got to spread.

Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne

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Ugh. Henry. Will you never learn?

Hans Holbein the Younger, King Henry VIII

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