Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Vittore Carpaccio - Young Knight in a Landscape - Google Art Project.jpg

Young Knight in a Landscape edit

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Original –The symbolism of these and the other animals and plants have been much discussed by art historians.

Reason: Big file, Vittore Carpaccio is a classic Renaissance painter. The painting shows a young knight, surrounded by a series of symbols. The heron fighting with the hawk in the sky might hint a battle, an alternative theory is that this is a memorial portrait. In the left lower corner is a white ermine and a scroll stating "I prefer to die rather than to incur dishonour" (malo mori quam foedari). The European legend had it that a white stoat would rather die before allowing its pure white coat to be besmirched, thus could be an allusion to the knight's pure character and moral - or maybe his fate.
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of a Knight (Carpaccio), Vittore Carpaccio, Google Art Project
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Vittore Carpaccio

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 02:35, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - No brainer. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:12, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Another classic in ultrahigh resolution. Brandmeister^talk 11:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support That dog is straght out of mediæval manuscripts. The way its lips are drawn is very typical. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:30, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – no arguments from me on this one; excellent EV, terrific detail. SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:43, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Great image - SchroCat (talk) 14:22, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vittore Carpaccio - Young Knight in a Landscape - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:03, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]