Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cymon and Iphigenia

Cymon and Iphigenia

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Original – Cymon and Iphigenia by Sir Frederic Leighton is an 1884 painting based on a scene from Giovanni Boccaccio's novella The Decameron and shows "the transforming power of beauty."

Reason: Interesting quality image, high EV
Articles in which this image appears: Cymon and Iphigenia (painting) (new article); Sir Frederic Leighton, the artist; Dorothy Dene, the model; Iphigenia; Art Gallery of New South Wales who own it; and Saffron (color).
FP category for this image: WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Sir Frederic Leighton

Support as nominator – SagaciousPhil - Chat 21:04, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support well balanced diagonal composition, lovely colour scale, a voluptuous and sensual painting. Like the rising sun and the copper echo the colour of the robe. And a nice new article too. Hafspajen (talk) 23:32, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Haffy. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:13, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support: per all above. I love that this image is decorating the Saffron (color) article. EV for the colours alone. Fylbecatulous talk 01:57, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Hafspajen and amid sleeping Iphigenia. Brandmeister^talk 14:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lord Frederic Leighton - Cymon and Iphigenia - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:05, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]