Talk:Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Sohom Datta talk 12:49, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- ... that for many years a painting (pictured) was attributed to a different painter and the person in the portrait was also misidentified?
- Source: page 71
- ALT1: ... that experts at the National Gallery in London believe that Anthony van Dyck executed a painting (pictured) of the subject's head and collar but over the years other artists expanded it? Source: page 72
- ALT2: ... that a portrait (pictured) at the National Gallery in London is considered a "problem painting" because it was skinned and the early provenance is not known? Source: page 71
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/To Catch a Copper
Bruxton (talk) 21:31, 26 May 2024 (UTC).
I like the first hook best. Article is in good shape, great job on it. Seems fully sourced to reliable sources, and there's no evidence of copyvio. QPQ checks out. Hook checks out from the Google Books link. Good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Reliability?
editOne of the sources used to support this article, the one by Holmes, is in substantial disagreement with other parts of the article; Holmes doubts the authenticity of a great deal of what is presented in the article as the history of the work, including whether it is even by Vandyke, whether it is the original, whether there was more than one of these made by the original artist, and so on. It is not fun to say "We don't know who painted this, it could come from anywhere and it might be a fake, but it's famous so take a look"; that would also make a rather long-winded article title on Wikipedia. TooManyFingers (talk) 23:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC)