Template:Did you know nominations/The Stone Breakers

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 13:39, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

The Stone Breakers

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The Stone Breakers

... that the 1849 painting, The Stone Breakers (pictured) by French artist Gustave Courbet, was destroyed in 1945 by the Allies of World War II? Source: From February 13 to February 15, 1945 the Allies of World War II continuously bombed the city of Dresden, Germany. German troops hastily loaded artworks from Dresden's galleries and museums onto trucks. The Stone Breakers was destroyed during World War II, along with a total of 153 other paintings, when a transport vehicle moving the pictures to the Königstein Fortress, near Dresden, was bombed by Allied forces
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caroline Breese Hall

5x expanded by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 22:31, 9 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Stone Breakers; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Overall, hook and article meet the criteria and the image used is free and clear. I made a slight edit in boldening the name of the article in the hook, but otherwise, should be good to go. JJonahJackalope (talk) 17:30, 11 June 2023 (UTC)