Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/George I Rákóczi

George I Rákóczi

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Original – George I Rákóczi (1593-1648), prince of Transylvania

Reason: A brooding portrait of one of the longer reigning Transylvanian princes. Reasonable EV I'd say.
Articles in which this image appears: George I Rákóczi
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator: Jan Gillisz. van Vliet after a design by Rembrandt

Support as nominator – Reodorant (talk) 18:16, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 09:53, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jahaza (talk) 19:45, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose as is.~~ Zooming in and comparing it to the original image at the museum link here, ~~the nom image is stitched from several smaller images~~ and the stitching doesn't exactly line up with the original (there are small misalignments). I would support the original or a version derived directly from it (without stitching errors). Bammesk (talk) 01:41, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bammesk: Looking at the nom version overlaid onto the original, I notice the sharpening and restoration work, but I didn't notice any stitching errors. Admittedly I don't have a trained eye for this sort of thing, but to me this seems like an edit of a single image. I think it would be better to ask the uploader directly (pinging OSeveno). Reodorant (talk) 08:54, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Reodorant: Hi, I didn't do any stitching. Just digital restauration. I love this work, I think it's impressive. Have a good new year! --oSeveno (User talk) 12:14, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Reodorant:, never mind, I struck my oppose. I did more probing on the enlargements of the museum image (as displayed on their website, and enlarged even more in my software). The misalignments (stitching errors) are on the museum's image (not the nom image), probably because of how the image is loaded (displayed) by the zoom-in feature of the museum's website. Also, I added notes to the file page saying the image has been edited (that's needed for clarity). Hopefully Jahaza will upload the original TIFF as well. Bammesk (talk) 01:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I requested an original TIFF scan from the Rijksmuseum, which offers that service. We'll see if they fulfill the request. Jahaza (talk) 20:14, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's always good to have a copy of the original on Commons. Bammesk (talk) 01:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 09:40, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Artem.G (talk) 16:31, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --oSeveno (User talk) 12:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:George I (György) Rákóczi (1593-1648) - Rembrandt van Rijn & Jan Gillisz. van Vliet.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:18, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]