Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:El Beso (Pinacoteca de Brera, Milán, 1859).jpg

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Original – The painting, representation of a passionate kiss, is enormously popular in Italy, and is seen as a symbol of Italian Romanticism, that emphasizes deep feelings rather than rational thought, and presents a reinterpretation and reevaluation of the Middle Ages romantic love ideals in a patriotic and nostalgic tone.
 
York Scan - people DON'T consider this - this not an ALT - it was only posted to show difference between the old upload and the very original that has been correct in colours and size from the very beginning. This one was overwritten, and original sourcing is solved.
Reason
Own article, big file. The painting from 1859 represents a couple embracing and kissing each other. It is among the most passionate and intense representations of a kiss in the history of Western art. Jewel in Romanticism: Hayez’s “The Kiss”:

The kiss. A magical word used to name many works of art, the most renowned probably being Klimt’s golden embrace. Of equal splendor is Il Bacio (Italian for The Kiss), a Romantic painting by Milanese artist Francesco Hayez. However, Il Bacio doesn’t show just a kiss. Il Bacio is the iconic kiss that represents the birth of Italy.

Articles in which this image appears
The Kiss (Hayez), Francesco Hayez, Italian art, Italian unification, Culture of Milan, The Kiss (Klimt), ‎Pinacoteca di Brera, Lip
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francesco Hayez
You must..Its Valentine..  Ṫ Ḧ the fury of the naturegiven flesh 03:30, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:El Beso (Pinacoteca de Brera, Milán, 1859).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]