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Christ Pantocrator icon, 6th Century

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Original – The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, dating from the 6th century. The two different facial expressions on either side emphasize Christ's dual nature as both divine and human.

Reason

Used in many articles, this photo shows the oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, dating from the 6th century.

Articles in which this image appears

Christ, Christ Pantocrator, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Depiction of Jesus, Icon, Religious image, History of painting, Western painting

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

unknown painter, photo by Testus

• Support as nominator --Pine^talk 05:45, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
• Weak support -- Seems kinda blurry (at that size, shouldn't it be more than 150 kb?) Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:30, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

• I've uploaded a version with higher resolution (1,100×2,127). Brandmeister t 23:50, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

• This version looks a little better. Odd how such a small file can still be fairly sharp. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:17, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
• Source for the new version? Makeemlighter (talk) 02:54, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

• [1]. Brandmeister t 11:31, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

• Weak Support The new version is quite low in resolution for this sort of thing. JJ Harrison (talk) 11:33, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support. I am moved by the original art work itself. Seems notable given the date and also the caption is very well done (yes, captions are part of the presentation!) TCO (Reviews needed) 07:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support -- Swayed by TCO. Saffron Blaze (talk) 08:25, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose I don't see why this has been "slightly cut down" (full-size version). Also not sure of colors/lighting: this looks a significantly different from the old version. Would prefer a larger version too. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:47, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

• Came close, 4.5S vs. 1O. Possible future renom. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:47, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
  • It's a reat artwork, just as a painting. Impressed that some dude in the 500s was this good.TCO (Reviews needed) 14:55, 3 January 2012 (UTC)