Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Sandro Botticelli - The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book) - Google Art Project.jpg

The Madonna of the Book
Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2014  at 15:57:22 (UTC)
 * Reason: Sandro Botticelli is one of the greatest artists in Renaissance art history, also my very personal favourite. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous painters in Italy, later others were favored in the art history like Leonardo Di Vinci and Michelangelo. He was most succesful, (Citation:)La nascita di Venere (Botticelli).jpg Sandro Botticelli "By the age of 15 Botticelli already had his own workshop and this helped form his distinctive artistic style. ... Whilst from the late 19th century, since his rediscovery as a titan of Renaissance art by the Pre-Raphaelites, Botticelli's work has been recognized to be among the most masterful of his time ... Looking back at history, he now has the respect he earned through a lifetime of achievement."
 * Articles in which this image appears:Madonna of the Book (Botticelli), Madonna (art), Sandro Botticelli
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
 * Creator: Sandro Botticelli


 * Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 15:57, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Good scan. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support J e e  08:15, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful and with good EV. Yakikaki (talk) 17:59, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support--Godot13 (talk) 07:31, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 15:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)