Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Александр Андреевич Иванов - Явление Христа народу (Явление Мессии) - Google Art Project.jpg

20 years of work edit

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Original In the center of the painting John the Baptist, wearing a furry garment, standing by the River Jordan. He is pointing towards a figure in the distance, approaching the scene. To the left the young John the Apostle, behind him St. Peter, and further on Andrew the Apostle and Nathaniel. In the foreground we see people who watch the scene but are undecided what to do, both young and old men.

The painting in Moscow, in the Tretyakow gallery.

Reason: Giant picture, giant file. (30,000 × 20,922 pixels) The artist spent 20 years to paint this, it is based on about 300 preparatory sketches and studies, and many of which are gems in themselves and are considered by art historians as masterpieces in their own right. This painting :
... is a beautiful painting, full of colour and meticulous detail. In 1858, Alexander Ivanov went with his beloved painting to St Petersburg where it was exhibited. Its lukewarm reception must have been heartbreaking for Ivanov. He died a few months later of cholera aged 52 not knowing that some years after his death his work of art would be hailed, by the likes of Ilya Repin, the most celebrated Russian painter of his day, as: "the greatest work in the whole world, by a genius born in Russia".
Articles in which this image appears: The Appearance of Christ Before the People, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Google Art Project
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 23:28, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Again, a no brainer. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:12, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good to have this in such resolution, especially since the painting is 540×750 cm. Brandmeister^talk 11:55, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absurd resolution, but very good. Is there anyway to make a link under "Other resolutions" that is perhaps 10% of the size? They presently jump from something like 1% -> 100% with nothing in between. Mattximus (talk) 00:18, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

^{Comment - you could maybe click on preview 1,280 × 893 pixels, under the painting, preview choices. Hafspajen (talk) 03:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC).}[reply]

Support But why does one fellow have a strangely greenish face? I don't get the symbolism. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:21, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fainting of happiness. Hafspajen (talk) 14:46, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Very nice - SchroCat (talk) 14:22, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - CorinneSD (talk) 17:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Александр Андреевич Иванов - Явление Христа народу (Явление Мессии) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]