Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Portrait of a Young Girl (Christus)

Portrait of a Young Girl (Christus)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 14, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 16:40, 20 February 2015 (UTC)



Portrait of a Young Girl is a small oil-on-oak panel painting in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. It was completed between 1465 and 1470, towards the end of the artist's life, and marks a significant advance in the oeuvres of both Christus and contemporary portraiture. The girl is set in an airy, three-dimensional, realistic setting, confronting the viewer with an expression that is reserved, but alert and intelligent. The painting is widely regarded as one of the most exquisite Northern Renaissance portraits. Art historian Joel Upton describes the sitter as resembling "a polished pearl, almost opalescent, lying on a cushion of black velvet." The panel builds on the work of the first generation Northern Renaissance painters Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and was highly influential in the decades after its completion. Its appeal lies in part in the intriguing stare, accentuated by the slight misalignment of her eyes and asymmetry of her eyebrows.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Nativity (Christus), 25 December, 2014
 * Main editors: Ceoil, Johnbod
 * Promoted: 15 August, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: One of my favourite paintings. Lead image is an FP.
 * Support as nominator. Ceoil (talk) 16:53, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Looks good; I made minor changes. - Dank (push to talk) 17:10, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Copied them over to the article. Ceoil (talk) 17:14, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - FA article that seems ready.--BabbaQ (talk) 20:53, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Small thing, but the most recent entry is actually the Streatham portrait witch will be the TFA for the 12th.--64.229.165.152 (talk) 17:39, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Ahh. I'm ok with letting this go for a few months; idiot that I am I was involved in the nativity article, but had forgotten; too much acid in the 60s. Blurb is there now anyway, and worse things happen at sea. Ceoil (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support for whenever since it's in a "non-specific" slot. Nice article, nice painting. Victoria (tk) 23:09, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Could someone familiar with the gathering of the citations please take a look at this one? Here is the book's WorldCat. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 16:14, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Prestel Museum Guide, 1998, Prestel Verlag. ISBN 3-7913-1912-4
 * Wot? I dont get this request. Ceoil (talk) 02:02, 15 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support - Great looking article --My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 22:19, 18 February 2015 (UTC)