Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Messina's Portrait of a Man

Messina's Portrait of a Man

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Original – Painted by Antonello da Messina in oil on poplar between circa 1475 and 1476, this is an unknown man, probably from the middle-upper class. It was acquired by the National Gallery in London in 1883. The image appeared on the Italian 5,000 lire note issued from 1979 to 1983.

Reason: Excellent scan of a superb painting
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of a Man (Antonello da Messina, London) and three others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Antonello da Messina

Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 07:41, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good digitalization. --Tremonist (talk) 13:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Would it be sacrilegious to remove the off-putting, very distracting canvas cracks over his face? --Janke | Talk 05:48, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. If the painting is damaged, the digitization should reflect that. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:43, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:43, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quite detailed features. — Cirt (talk) 10:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support : Nice -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 13:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Good quality, good EV.--Godot13 (talk) 21:34, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Jobas (talk) 17:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --PetarM (talk) 11:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Antonello da Messina - Portrait of a Man - National Gallery London.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]