Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rembrandt - Self portrait

Rembrandt - Self Portrait

Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2012 at 05:33:48 (UTC)

Original – Self Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar, a 1659 self-portrait by Dutch artist Rembrandt. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 84.4 cm × 66 cm (33.2 in × 26 in).

Reason: High technical quality, notable image by a notable artist
Articles in which this image appears: Self Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar, Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (Raphael)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Rembrandt

Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This file seems to be smaller than the original upload, and has slightly different colours. What is "dithering"? J Milburn (talk) 18:08, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I think they actually mean color halftoning. Whoever created the new version actually did a pretty good job of removing the halftoning without losing detail, IMO. Kaldari (talk) 18:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Dithering#Examples and half-toning added to glossary. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:28, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High res and very high EV. A compelling portrait. Kaldari (talk) 18:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --Guerillero | My Talk 17:39, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High resolution/quality and encyclopedic value. - Darwinek (talk) 13:36, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support: A fine reproduction of the real thing (which I've visited from time to time over the years). - Babel41 (talk) 20:45, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. J Milburn (talk) 11:17, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rembrandt self portrait.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:08, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]