Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rape of Tamar

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Original – A depiction of the rape of Tamar, as depicted by Eustache Le Sueur. Tamar, daughter of David, was a biblical character raped by her half brother
 
Edit – Trimmed black space, careful to avoid clipping the image any more than necessary
Reason
High quality, visually striking, by a notable artist.
Articles in which this image appears
Tamar (2 Samuel) (Eustache Le Sueur, new)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others (?)
Creator
Eustache Le Sueur
  • I have difficulty imagining a rape without either violence or the implied threat of violence. As noted above, when artists adapt scripture they generally have to use artistic license in their interpretation (note how many versions of The Last Supper there are, for example). Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:21, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it was just by physical force; my opposition is on the knife part and Amnon's expression. I respect the artist's freedom if it does not hurt the subject's(here Tamar's) dignity. :) Jkadavoor (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps, although needless to say we cannot know how it happened exactly. Even modern documentation of events (except those specifically about said events) omit details. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Julia\talk 15:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]