Beyonce, Jay Z, Blue Ivy and even Kanye added to famous works paintings

You might be forgiven for thinking ultimate power couple Beyonce and Jay Z have taken over the modern world, but now one cunning artist is making sure they leave their imprint on the art world, too.

Displayed on Tumbler account The Carter Family Portrait Gallery, nearly every recognisable piece of artwork from the 1400s onwards has been given a makeover to incorporate the face of Queen Bey, Jay Z, and even little Blue Ivy.

And while art aficionados may shudder to see such masterpieces as Klimt’s The Kiss, Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling defaced in such a manner, we can’t help but feel that, like most things, they are improved by the addition of the Carter family.

Artful makeover: Queen Bey is transformed into a beautiful Girl With A Pearl Earring

Original work: Girl With A Pearl Earring which was painted by Vermeer in 1665 has become one of the most well-known portraits in pop culture

The images also show what Beyonce would look like as the Queen - and the Virgin Mary.

Guest stars also appear in some of the paintings including Destiny's Child member - and Beyonce's cousin - Kelly Rowland, and Jay Z's friend Kanye West.

And, for the serious Beyonce fans out there, the pictures are available as prints, T-shirts, mugs, iPhone, iPad and laptop cases, tote bags, and even pillows - perfect for all those times you feel the need to nap on Bey’s beautiful face.

The Virgin Mary And Child has been reproduced thousands of times - but never with Beyonce and Blue Ivy

Traditional version: Michelangelo's Madonna And Child which is seen in churches across the world

Beyonce reads to Blue Ivy in a Carter Family makeover of a painting by Frederick Warren Freer

The Carters in this famous portrait by Grant Wood looking considerably more drab than when on stage

In this makeover of Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling, Jay Z and Kanye appear as never before

Michelangelo's The Creation Of Adam in the Sistine Chapel Vatican is one of the world's most famous paintings

Queen of pop: Beyonce gets a makeover as HRH on the Tumblr account

Artistic flair: Andy Warhol's iconic image of Queen Elizabeth II

A benevolent Jay Z stands between the Knowles sisters; wife Beyonce and her sibling Solange in a makeover of Lot and his Daughters leaving Sodom

The original painting of Lot and his Daughters leaving Sodom was created by Guido Reni in 1615

Uncomfortable pose: Beyonce and Jay Z on the The Kiss painted by the Austrian Symbolist Gustav Klimt

How it should look: The Kiss, painted between 1907 1908, is a famous oil-on-canvas piece

Bey and sister Solange (R) make a great replacement for Queen Victoria  and Princess Victoire of Saxe Coburg

Beyonce embodies famous painter Frida Kahlo in Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

Frida Kahlo, here seen in Fulang-Chang and I, was known for self-portraits, and her eyebrows alongside her artist talents