Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Old Musician

The Old Musician

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Original – The Old Musician is an 1862 oil painting on canvas by French painter Édouard Manet, produced during the period when the artist was influenced by Spanish art. Measuring 187.4 cm × 248.3 cm (73.8 in × 97.8 in), the work is now held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Reason

High quality scan of an interesting and attractive work by a highly notable artist.

Articles in which this image appears

The Old Musician +2

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Édouard Manet

• Support as nominator –  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - CorinneSD (talk) 01:56, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support – great scan of excellent artwork with good EV; DYK that Lagrène, the 'model' for the central figure of the Old Musician, was apparently "the most famous gypsy in Paris"? SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:03, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support APK whisper in my ear 02:06, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support I like scans with quality so high that you can see the texture of the canvas. Mattximus (talk) 19:10, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Édouard Manet - Le Vieux Musicien.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:39, 31 January 2015 (UTC)