Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Messina's Portrait of a Man

Messina's Portrait of a Man

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Original – Painted by Antonello da Messina in oil on poplar between circa 1475 and 1476, this is an unknown man, probably from the middle-upper class. It was acquired by the National Gallery in London in 1883. The image appeared on the Italian 5,000 lire note issued from 1979 to 1983.

Reason

Excellent scan of a superb painting

Articles in which this image appears

Portrait of a Man (Antonello da Messina, London) and three others

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Antonello da Messina

• Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 07:41, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support Good digitalization. --Tremonist (talk) 13:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
• Comment Would it be sacrilegious to remove the off-putting, very distracting canvas cracks over his face? --Janke | Talk 05:48, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Yes. If the painting is damaged, the digitization should reflect that. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:43, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:43, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support, quite detailed features. — Cirt (talk) 10:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support : Nice -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 13:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Good quality, good EV.--Godot13 (talk) 21:34, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 17:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support --PetarM (talk) 11:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Antonello da Messina - Portrait of a Man - National Gallery London.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 17 October 2015 (UTC)