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

Self-portrait with a friend edit

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
Support Very nice. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Problem I get a technical error message when I try to view this at full size. Pine^talk 07:41, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- That's probably because the picture is very large- there is a warning notice. J Milburn (talk) 09:47, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - First time I've seen that. Pine^talk 06:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
  - 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)[reply]

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

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