Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Les Huguenots Act I

Les Huguenots, Act I

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Original – Les Huguenots (Act I), set design for the 1897 Palais Garnier revival

Reason: One of my favourite artists, in another fine work. We can always CSS crop some of the border if needed.
Articles in which this image appears: Les Huguenots
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Philippe Chaperon, restored by Adam Cuerden

Still the Original CSS image cropped, because we don't need to otherwise crop. Personally, I think this gives less impression of visual depth.

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.3% of all FPs} 23:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:25, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 14:05, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 14:20, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Commment It was removed from Philippe Chaperon. What EV does the border add? JJ Harrison (talk) 09:03, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Remember this was meant to be seen on a stage, so I imagine it's intended as a framing á là seeing it in the the theatre. In any case, it's part of the original artwork, and with {{CSS image crop}} a there is absolutely no reason to remove it from the promoted artwork, and so we shouldn't. It presents the image as it was intended to be seen. Philippe Chaperon is in a high state of flux, having just been created a week or so ago, so don't worry about that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.3% of all FPs} 09:06, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's a beautiful restoration. However, I doubt very much if the framing was integral to the design or how it was "meant to be seen" and certainly not the lighter ivory-coloured paper on which it was painted which increases the border even more. It was fairly common for Chaperon to paint a darker "frame" around his gouaches, e.g. this landscape (not a theatrical design). Incidentally, I replaced this image in the gallery at Philippe Chaperon because the Oberon image was more interesting in that particular gallery, especially with sunlight streaming through the window. It was not a judgement on this image's overall EV or quality. Voceditenore (talk) 10:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's not paper, that's gold paint. Trust me, after spending literally a dozen hours on it.... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.3% of all FPs} 14:33, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@JJ Harrison and Voceditenore: I should point out this is consistent with other featured pictures we have. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.3% of all FPs} 21:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support JJ Harrison (talk) 08:44, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:58, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support cropped THE NEW ImmortalWizard(chat) 15:20, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Philippe Chaperon - Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots Act I (1896).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:33, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]