Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Portrait of a Man by Jan van Eyck-small.jpg

Jan van Eyck Portrait of a Man with Red Turban
Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2014  at 15:44:03 (UTC)
 * Reason:Portrait made by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), Flemish  early Netherlandish Renaissance painter. Van Eyck's portraits are characterized by a meticulous attention to detail and for the naturalness of his depictions, and - (art history) - remember (!) this (1390-1441) was long before Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) and Raphael (1483 –1520). Check out the Italians of his time how they painted, Fra Angelico (1395 – 1455), Masaccio (1401 – 1428), Andrea Mantegna (1431 – 1506) - and you will see the differnce, come on - this was huge then! You may think 50 yeas here or there around Renaissance it doesn't matter - but it DOES.  This was fantastic then. Van Eyck was highly regarded as a portrait painter of his time,  painting even everyday people when portrait painting was no longer only for the royalty or the high aristocracy. The merchant middle class,  influenced by the humanist ideas of individual identity, wanted now to be depicted as well.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), Jan van Eyck; Early Netherlandish painting, Western painting; History of painting; Self-portrait; 15th century + many more
 * FP category for this image:WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
 * Creator:Jan van Eyck


 * Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 15:44, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Very useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:12, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support: The really early portraiture doesn't move me that much, but it's certainly notable. And it is a good painting. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:36, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Notable artist, notable painting, high EV.--Godot13 (talk) 18:12, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support: echoing Adam Cuerden's comment. Fylbecatulous talk 08:45, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 15:45, 25 October 2014 (UTC)