Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Pearl and the Wave redux

The Pearl and the Wave redux

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Original – Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry's The Pearl and the Wave, described by Kenyon Cox as "the most perfect painting of the nude". Oil on canvas, measures 83.5 by 178 centimetres (32.9 × 70 in)

Reason: High quality scan of a notable artwork; image is from museum so presumably colours are accurate (was a point of contention at the first nomination)
Articles in which this image appears: The Pearl and the Wave +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:02, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. If the colors are actually inaccurate, could be D&R-ed. Brandmeister^talk 10:32, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I'm of the view that the colours are correct. They fit with my recollection, and we have used the Prado's reproductions before which makes me inclined to employ and trust them again here. Cowtowner (talk) 21:10, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support although I don't know what you all mean by "accurate colors". Color is a function of lighting, the enviroment in which the subject is viewed and the screen in which it is viewed. Tomer T (talk) 08:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is true, but this was also painted with intent and the artist wanted it to look a certain way. Museums are lit accordingly. While there is no perfectly accurate rendition, there are some that are better than others, and versions can vary considerably. We should strive to find the best/most faithful/accurate one. Cowtowner (talk) 10:38, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question Crisco 1492, I went to the source page and I can zoom in much farther on the painting, which would allow the painting to be (I presume) tiled and pieced together to be larger. But is this a digital zoom and therefore not accurate? Is your large upload the largest the image can get without falsifying pixel information? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To me that looks like a digital zoom (I think I see individual pixels), but another editor would be welcome to comment. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:44, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support Was waiting for a response from third party but anyway, I wish it were larger but we can always hope for the future. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:42, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. So her skin is really supposed to be green? Kaldari (talk) 03:05, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Baudry paul the wave and the pearl.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:09, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]