Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of an African Man

Portrait of an African Man

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Original – Portrait of an African Man is a painting by Netherlandish Renaissance painter Jan Mostaert. The identity of the subject is unclear; theories have suggested that he was a soldier, a nobleman or Saint Maurice. The portrait is significant in that it portrays the only black man in early modern European painting in an independent way.

Reason: High quality scan of an interesting artwork. Portrait of an African Man is the only depiction of an African man in early European painting, though the subject's identity is still uncertain.
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of an African Man +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Jan Mostaert

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:00, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Saw this pic recently in a lower resolution, quite interesting. Brandmeister^talk 11:55, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support we do need more of this. Hafspajen (talk) 16:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support WordSeventeen (talk) 23:25, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support I also saw this recently - great image with a nice "quirk" to it. - SchroCat (talk) 09:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. If it were a contributor-made photographic portrait, we'd likely oppose it for overly tight framing around his head! But given the artist (I assume) chosen this framing deliberately, and is notable for being his work, I can't not support. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:25, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I know, eh? Surprises me that he'd have chosen such a composition. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Can't he paint it a bit more brighter..? - T H - ^{the fury of nature} _{given flesh} 08:58, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Jobas (talk) 16:50, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:African man portrait Mostaert.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:01, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]