Template:Did you know nominations/Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione (Raphael)

Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione (Raphael)
Created/expanded by JNW (talk). Nominated by Mandarax (talk) at 07:47, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that Raphael's Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione (pictured) "has the subtlety of baroque observation but the stillness and noble contour of classic painting at its peak"?


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg expansion, size and neutrality all good. Offline hooks accepted in good faith. Nice piccy :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:58, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * A possible alternative hook? ALT1... that Raphael's Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione (pictured) was admired and copied by Titian, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens and Henri Matisse?