Template:Did you know nominations/Mystical Nativity (Filippo Lippi)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Mystical Nativity (Filippo Lippi)

  • ... that Filippo Lippi's Mystical Nativity of c. 1559 includes ""no cave, no shed, no Joseph, no angels, no ox, no ass"? Source: hook is quote from Hartt, Frederick, History of Italian Renaissance Art, (2nd edn.)1987, Thames & Hudson (US Harry N Abrams), ISBN 0500235104, p. 219
    • ALT1:... that in stark contrast to typical nativity scenes, the Mystical Nativity is set in a dark forest and excludes Joseph and the animals? Source: From Hartt

Created/expanded by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 18:22, 16 December 2019 (UTC). Note: Adoration in the Forest (Lippi) on the same painting was recently deleted as a copyvio. Johnbod (talk) 18:26, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

  • ready to do this later today if nobody beats me to it - lovely image! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Add note that I may propose an alt hook, the current one is interesting but I feel there may be a way to write it without being mostly a quote :) ALT1 added by Kingsif, 133 chars Kingsif (talk) 18:39, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
I'd prefer the original hook. Perhaps attribute who said so in the article. - Fascinating painting which I missed although I was in the chapel! Good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. We need the image, and it's licensed. I do hope that, as a Christmas gift to our readers, it may be a little larger than usually. - In the article, I'd consider to give the image in the bottom gallery, showing the location in the chapel, more prominence. "know the Medici well" - is that how you say it? And is it one person or the family then? - Thank you continueing the tradition! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 16 December 2019 (UTC)