Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Roslin

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 04:33, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Alexander Roslin

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• ... that although Alexander Roslin immortalized himself with the King of Sweden (pictured), his partner was rather flat?

• ALT1: ... that Alexander Roslin (self-portrait with the King of Sweden pictured) refused to serve Catherine the Great?

• ALT2: ... that Alexander Roslin painted his wife painting a pastel of Henrik Peill, but the painting within the painting (pictured) is a lost painting?

• Comment: If alt 2 is to be used, a good image may be File:Alexander Roslin Konstnaren och hans hustru Marie S.jpg

5x expanded by Hafspajen (talk) and Xanthomelanoussprog (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 20:55, 14 February 2014 (UTC).

• Plenty of expansion, so that's good. The hook is good and verified--I choose ALT2. I placed an "explain" template in the text, and the "Satin, skin" sentence needs to be incorporated in the rest of the text--who's speaking? Also, the Works section, that's one long paragraph, and that needs to be sectioned up. Drmies (talk) 04:58, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

• Actually, "Works" needs a serious copy edit, if you know what I'm saying, before I can pass this. Look for syntax, punctuation, word choice, repetition of syntactical structure. Drmies (talk) 05:00, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

• OK, I'll have a look at that today (hopefully). Thanks, Matty.007 08:35, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Matty, thanks.

By the way, Satin, skin was User:Yngvadottir's addition, ask her about that. (I think it may be The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press).Hafspajen (talk) 19:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

I fixed the refs, but with the final reference (the book) I wasn't sure what was what, so that may need re-adding. Thanks, Matty.007 19:29, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

• You mean that it disappeared? Hafspajen (talk) 19:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

• No, it's still there, but I didn't know what Per Bjurström or Höganäs were. Thanks, Matty.007 19:38, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure that the quote was there originally. Thanks, Matty.007 20:24, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

• Was not there? Well, it was not there in that meaning that it was my translation from Swedish, never mind.
  Non nobis solum
  We don't have to use it. OK, we don't use those words. Hafspajen (talk) 21:53, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

• It may have been in the article, but it wasn't directly in the reference. Thanks, Matty.007 08:01, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

• Drmies (talk) 21:21, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Which hook was approved? Please strike out the ones that aren't approved. — Maile (talk) 22:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

ALT2, Maile66--sorry, I forgot. Drmies (talk) 00:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC)