Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Second of May 1808

The Second of May 1808

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Original – Francisco Goya's The Second of May 1808, Oil on canvas, 266 cm × 345 cm (105 in × 136 in). It depicts the beginning of the Dos de Mayo Uprising, when the elite Mamelukes of the French Imperial Guard are ordered to charge and subdue the rioting citizens.

Reason

Striking painting, high EV. Complements our FP of The Third of May

Articles in which this image appears

The Second of May 1808, Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War, +4

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Francisco Goya

• Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:48, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Clegs (^{engage in rational discourse}) 10:26, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support --Morning Sunshine (talk) 10:59, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support Goya. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:50, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support Tomer T (talk) 19:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:El dos de mayo de 1808 en Madrid.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:27, 2 May 2012 (UTC)