Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Horatius Cocles

Horatius Cocles
Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2023  at 23:39:39 (UTC)


 * Reason:High quality engraving, good digitalization
 * Articles in which this image appears:Horatius Cocles, Hendrick Goltzius, Figura serpentinata, Christian Rex van Minnen
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings
 * Creator:Hendrick Goltzius


 * Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:39, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support [Alt] (Thank you for pinging me too, Bammesk!) – Hamid Hassani (talk) 21:07, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support -- Radomianin (talk) 11:59, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support . I'd like to see this on the front page at some point. "Horatio at the bridge" is one of those stories that every English schoolboy learned, back in the good old days when Latin was a mandatory part of the educational cursus. And this is one of the best of Goltzius's engravings of legendary Roman heroes. It's also an excellent choice for the Figura serpentinata article, although I don't think it adds much to Christian Rex van Minnen. – Choliamb (talk) 11:59, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment. I am also grateful to this nomination for sending me to the 404 page for the Rijksmuseum, where I learned that the Dutch for "Oops" is "Oeps". – Choliamb (talk) 12:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Changing my support for the original version to Support alt. Well done, Bammesk. Also agree with Chris that 24mpx is plenty in this case. – Choliamb (talk) 19:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:44, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment – I updated the file's source link. I think a higher resolution scan is available at the source link . Bammesk (talk) 16:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You're right. That's located at File:Horatius Cocles De Romeinse helden (serietitel), RP-P-OB-10.336.jpg. I may be able to get even higher resolution, but it will involve stitching some tiles manually because of how the Rijksmuseum's Zoomify is set up. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:16, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * File:Horatius Cocles De Romeinse helden (serietitel), RP-P-OB-10.336.jpg is 24Mpx, much better than the nominated version which is 6Mpx. Let's just swap the higher res in the articles and in the nomination, and ping the participants. The nom's closure can be postponed a bit if necessary. There are enough votes to pass. The stitching of an even higher res version can be done later as a 'delist and replace', I don't think it's necessary though. Support ALT this version. Bammesk (talk) 18:32, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. For something that, in the original, is probably about book size the 24Mpx version has as much detail as one would realistically need. Support ALT — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:48, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Pinging participants now that an ALT is introduced  . Bammesk (talk) 18:56, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support alt. MER-C 10:39, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support ALT Thanks for pinging me, Bammesk. The research for a better quality version was worth it. -- Radomianin (talk) 15:50, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 10:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC)