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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2012 at 17:15:50 (UTC)

OriginalFrancis of Assissi in the desert, in religious ecstasy
Reason
Incredible size, great quality, nice EV
Articles in which this image appears
St. Francis in Ecstasy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Giovanni Bellini, restaurated by Google Art Project, nominated by GreatOrangePumpkin
Glad to see you, back. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:23, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, as His Beatitude the Archbishop says above, it is dark. These Google Art images have been consistently so; as I have said before, I believe this is so that blemishes in the paint, the results of age, will be less apparent, even though it also means that details are less visible. Thus, I'm afraid I'll have to weak oppose again, as I have other Google paintings. It's too bad, because taking high-resolution images of these paintings is obviously a worthy thing to do. Incidentally, if you've never been to the Frick, go now. You can stay in New York more cheaply than you think if you work at it (and don't mind a shared bathroom). Chick Bowen 02:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Jkadavoor (talk) 05:23, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'm having trouble with supporting this because the article has only two refs. Just because the painting was made by a notable artist doesn't mean that the painting itself is notable. If this picture was used in some article such as Saint Francis of Assisi in a way that contributed substantial EV then I would have an easier time supporting this. As the article stands right now, I think the article might be subject to AFD for lacking sufficient references to meet the Wikipedia notability guideline. --Pine 07:39, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree that the article isn't great, and as it happens I'm not crazy about this reproduction per above, but I don't think there should be much doubt about the importance of the painting--a quick glance at JSTOR shows dozens of scholarly articles devoted primarily to this painting and hundreds that discuss it alongside others. Chick Bowen 23:29, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Tomer T (talk) 20:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Giovanni Bellini - Saint Francis in the Desert - Google Art Project.jpg --Julia\talk 20:46, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]