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The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro

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Original – The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro, by Raden Saleh, depicting Diponegoro's capture at the end of the Java War. It was painted as a contrast to an earlier work, The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock, by Nicolaas Pieneman.

Reason: High-quality photograph of an important painting significant to the Indonesian historical narrative. According to this diff by uploader, it was taken by the official photographer of the presidential palace, where the painting is displayed.
Articles in which this image appears: Diponegoro, Raden Saleh, The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro, The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Raden Saleh

Support as nominator – —Arsonal (talk + contribs)— 00:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Lots of dust spots, needs some work.--Janke | Talk 13:37, 25 October 2022 (UTC) --Janke | Talk 13:37, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I agree with Janke, but I wouldn't say it's dust. The bright spots are probably part of the paint, their intensity is perhaps amplified by the image processing and the lighting conditions. Also the color balance may be exaggerated (compare to earlier upload). Bammesk (talk) 02:21, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'd presume light reflections. Note how they're much more intent on the right. Paint is three-dimensional, so, unless you kind of lighting-stack in an analogue to focus stacking multiple photographs of a painting, you're going to get some issues. This is particularly bad, though. I don't think it's anything against the official photographer; paintings are genuinely difficult things to reproduce. I'd volunteer to go over it, but, honestly, I currently have a backlog of about 12 images, waiting desperately for something I put up to reach quorum. I'm not really interested in taking on another huge task until things start passing. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 23:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As per Janke -- mcshadypl ^T^C 08:05, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:37, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]