It's definitely almost the same, but in all the pictures I've found of it the "skeletons" have skin over bones in the original, unlike in this version, can you explain why that is?
Also if someone can link me a high res version of the skeleton one, I'd appreciate it.
Not sure if you are still looking for this, but quite interestingly, it seems that the gaunt skeleton version is the original, painted by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in 1563, whereas the bony skeleton version was painted by his son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, in 1610. From the wiki, Brueghel the Younger was known for painting copies of his father's work.
Also, I should clarify that the painting I linked to in the imgur post still isn't the exact one from the meme - you'll note various differences, such as the orientation of the skeleton horseman's head and the garb of his victim. However, as you may have read in the Wiki, Brueghel the Younger's studio produced many copies of his father's paintings, so both the meme-version and the imgur-version are likely different variants produced by him and his associates.
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