Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Self-portrait with a friend

Self-portrait with a friend

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2011 at 11:16:52 (UTC)

Original - Raphael's Self-portrait with a friend (c. 1518). Raphael is on the right, but the identity of the second man is unclear; possibilities include Raphael's fencing master, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Giulio Romano, or Giovanni Battista.

Reason

Because we can never have too many fine art featured pictures. The resolution on this one is fantastic, and there's even a puzzle about it to boot.

Articles in which this image appears

Self-portrait with a friend (Raphael), Giovanbattista Branconio dell'Aquila

FP category for this image

Artwork/Paintings (though it is a portrait, it derives its EV as a work of art)

Creator

Raphael

• Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 11:16, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support -- high resolution (too big for me to check the full size on an Indonesian connection), notable painting on its own so EV is assured. Image has a sense of mystery. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:38, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support -- Extraordinary quality and detail in this picture of a beautiful painting. The color enhancing done from the original is superb. JBarta (talk) 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
• Support Very nice. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
• Problem I get a technical error message when I try to view this at full size. Pine^talk 07:41, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
  • That's probably because the picture is very large- there is a warning notice. J Milburn (talk) 09:47, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
    • First time I've seen that. Pine^talk 06:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
• Weak oppose for this version Great image quality, but the touch-up has much higher contrast than the original, and in the case of classic art I think it's best to stay as close to the original as possible. Pine^talk 06:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
  • One might also say that over the years the colors in the original have faded and the (minimal) enhancement brings it back to as it was. Also, viewing a painting in person and on a computer screen are two different things. We could say the enhancements optimize the image for the computer screen. Either way, I see no problem here. JBarta (talk) 12:11, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
    • I generally prefer unedited photos of the primary subject. I agree that the original might have had stronger contrast, but I'm not qualified to judge how paint colors should have looked in the past. Another user might be. Pine^talk 19:16, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• Support < 5, worth re-nominating. Makeemlighter (talk) 14:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)