Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leaving Vienna

Leaving Vienna


Painting by Józef Brandt. 'Leaving Vienna' or 'Return from Vienna'. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army returning with loot after defeating the Ottoman Empire forces sieging Vienna, during the battle of Vienna (1683). One of the best Brandt's - double exotic - PLC and the Ottomans on one picture.

Linked at Józef Brandt’s Gallery and battle of Vienna.


 * Nominate and support. - Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 06:16, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: the source (, linked at ) should be given on the image description page. It would be nice if that page also gave more information on the painting itself (72&times;110cm, oil on canvas, painted when?; in a private collection). Despite the interesting subject (at least, interesting to those who can grasp and appreciate the subtle point of both Ottomans and Polish warriors being shown), I fail to see what makes this image so outstanding that it should be a featured picture. On a side note, Józef Brandt’s Gallery contains several times the Polish text "Olej na płótnie" (oil on canvas). That should be fixed. Furthermore, I wonder whether having such a gallery here on Wikipedia is appropriate at all. Why not just link to this gallery? It's more comprehensive anyway... Lupo 21:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose, unless something is done about two four major flaws: The burned-out sky (uneven lighting?), and the very murky colors, the small size, and the compression artifacts. --Janke | Talk 13:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Picture of a picture. Mark1 03:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No composition discernable in the picture. --Ghirlandajo 14:54, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. An interesting and exotic piece of art.--Molobo 15:03, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak support but source should be given. --Lysy (talk) 19:04, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ( + ) Support Either Version. Added a slightly lighter image, but nothing too much could be achieved without burning out the highlights.

Raven4x4x 02:21, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

