Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Sep 2010 at 20:39:40 (UTC)

Original - The Ambassadors

Reason: Famous painting. Holds an important place in the history of portrait painting.
Articles in which this image appears: The Ambassadors (Holbein), Anamorphosis, Hans Holbein the Younger
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger

Support as nominator --P. S. Burton (talk) 20:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support I added a category, too. Gut Monk (talk) 21:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'd definitely like to support this; it's a great resolution, the whole thing's there, the dimensions are right... I can't help worrying the green is a little too bright. Is this a reproduction of the original? The image page lacks a source, which is somewhat problematic. J Milburn (talk) 21:25, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not the uploader, but I believe this to be the source [1]. P. S. Burton (talk) 22:09, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Of course it is. Stupid moment on my part. And if they say the colour is right, I believe them. I'd love to feature this- strong support unless someone can see any issues I can't. J Milburn (talk) 22:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support unless (and this is something I'd add for all paintings) it's shown that a significant fraction of this painting is lost to a crop. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - if someone could remove that ugly misshapen thing from the foreground I'd be willing to reconsider. What is that thing, anyway? :-) (That's a support, of course.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- God, you got me. I felt a sudden rush of "oh my god what the hell am I dealing with" :) J Milburn (talk) 19:39, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry - I couldn't resist. :-) If it's any consolation, I was an art history major - Herr Holbein and I are intimately acquainted. (Not to get too far afield, but while I like this one, my favorite has always been his portrait of Sir Thomas More). --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:48, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I don't know much about art itself, but 16th century England is something about which I do know a little. My personal favourite is his painting of Anne of Cleves. Many times I've looked at that and thought "I wonder what she really looked like?" J Milburn (talk) 22:06, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Very cool painting; I wish I could see the real thing. Cowtowner (talk) 19:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment-- Previous failed nomination (by me) here: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Holbein's "The Ambassadors". The scan quality was the issue. And for what it's worth, that freaky thing at the bottom is an anamorphic projection of a skull (which itself is pretty remarkable). Spikebrennan (talk) 14:35, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The previous nom from 2008 was not for the same file. A new higher res file was uploaded in 2010. P. S. Burton (talk) 17:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, very cool. Avenue (talk) 00:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Holbein-ambassadors.jpg --I'ḏ ♥One 21:29, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]