Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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Original – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), a French bishop and politician. He served as Napoleon's chief diplomat, but worked for peace and later oversaw the return of Napoleon's conquests. He was an important part of the Congress of Vienna which ended the wars, and later served as Prime Minister of France.

Reason: Good, high resolution painting of an important French politician.
Articles in which this image appears: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:13, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sardonic cartoon, 1815

Support – Famous not only for his official roles, but also for his cynicism and variable allegiances. (Cartoon, lower right) Sca (talk) 15:51, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good use in article (EV)-Godot13 (talk) 22:18, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it just me, or does he look a bit like Jimmy Fallon?--Godot13 (talk) 22:19, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Much more amazing hair. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:21, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – very nice and backed up by a reasonable article on the subject of the painting so provides very good EV. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:12, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Famous person. --PetarM (talk) 14:17, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:43, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]