Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cymon and Iphigenia

Cymon and Iphigenia edit

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OriginalCymon and Iphigenia by Sir Frederic Leighton is an 1884 painting based on a scene from Giovanni Boccaccio's novella The Decameron and shows "the transforming power of beauty."
Reason
Interesting quality image, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Cymon and Iphigenia (painting) (new article); Sir Frederic Leighton, the artist; Dorothy Dene, the model; Iphigenia; Art Gallery of New South Wales who own it; and Saffron (color).
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Sir Frederic Leighton
  • Support as nominatorSagaciousPhil - Chat 21:04, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support well balanced diagonal composition, lovely colour scale, a voluptuous and sensual painting. Like the rising sun and the copper echo the colour of the robe. And a nice new article too. Hafspajen (talk) 23:32, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Haffy. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:13, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: per all above. I love that this image is decorating the Saffron (color) article. EV for the colours alone. Fylbecatulous talk 01:57, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Per Hafspajen and amid sleeping Iphigenia. Brandmeistertalk 14:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lord Frederic Leighton - Cymon and Iphigenia - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:05, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]