Template:Did you know nominations/Allegory of Fortune


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 18:52, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Allegory of Fortune

 * ... that Allegory of Fortune (detail pictured) almost got its painter jailed and excommunicated?
 * Reviewed: Beer, Beer, Beer

Created by Sagaciousphil (talk), Hafspajen (talk). Nominated by Mandarax (talk) at 22:04, 26 February 2015 (UTC). File:Adam Elsheimer - Saint Paul.jpg


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Date and length hook OK. AGF on offline source. No close para, QPQ done, picture licence fine. Good to go.  The C of E  God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 10:40, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note that the image was promoted to featured picture status a couple of days ago. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  22:23, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Is there any way to lighten the image? It's really hard to see at 100px. Yoninah (talk) 22:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * NO. Image is Featured picture, and it has the right kind of sources, sghowing it does look like this. Hafspajen (talk) 22:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Also the painter lived in the Barock era, and lots Salvator Rosa - Rocky Landscape with a Huntsman and Warriors - WGA20063.jpg and [[File:Salvator Rosa - Scene from Greek history- Thales causing the river to flow on both sides of the Lydian army - Google Art Project.jpg|23px]] lots Salvator Rosa - Odysseus and Nausicaa - WGA20052.jpg of his paintings  Demokrit, hensunken i betragtninger.jpg are dark. We don't manipulate paintings because it is a featured picture criteria. Hafspajen (talk) 22:26, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, Baroque art is characterized by dramatic, deep dark and rich,  colouring with intense highlights, and very very  dark shadows, like  The Nightwatch by Rembrandt,  Francesco Trevisani - Apollo and Daphne The Nightwatch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum.jpg, Francesco Trevisani - Apollo and Daphne - WGA23056.jpg and such.Hafspajen (talk) 22:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The trend is called Chiaroscuro, and we will not lighten paintings or manipulate them in any way.  Hafspajen (talk) 22:53, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * A lot of paintings are difficult to use at 100px. Perhaps a detail could be created, just for the nom? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you do that= ? Hafspajen (talk) 01:08, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Added detail. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, problem hopefully solved then, thanks. Hafspajen (talk) 19:54, 10 March 2015 (UTC)