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Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns edit

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Original – “The crowning with thorns” by Caravaggio (ca. 1602). Note the shadow line in the upper left corner, which becomes softer with increasing distance from the shadow casting wall.

Reason: Because it is a Caravaggio. Own article, Google art file this time, and Caravaggio is considered as a minor genius in the art history, striking and innovative. His influence created the Barock style, and influenced generations of painters of the Baroque style - as I said before, like Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and yes, even Rembrandt.
Articles in which this image appears: The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio), Baroque, Chronology of works by Caravaggio

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: Caravaggio

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 20:33, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Stunning. Great painting. Does anyone know what the two men on the right are doing? CorinneSD (talk) 00:12, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^{Comment Probably, torture, not nice. Hafspajen (talk) 01:05, 28 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

^{Comment I found a painting by a follower of Caravaggio, the Dutch painter Hendrick ter Brugghen, that shows this scene from a different angle, revealing more clearly what the two men are doing with the sticks. It's called "Christ Crowned with Thorns" and it is the second painting in the gallery in the ter Brugghen article at Hendrick ter Brugghen#Chronology of Major Works. CorinneSD (talk) 01:12, 29 November 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Holy .. what a gallery. Yes. Hafspajen (talk) 03:06, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Excellent scan, quality artwork with good EV. SagaciousPhil - Chat 11:12, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Exceptional.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 16:02, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:34, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]