Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Benjamin West - Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant - Google Art Project.jpg

Joshua passing the River Jordan[edit]

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Reason: Benjamin West (1738 – 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes. Following a loss of royal patronage at the beginning of the 19th century, West began a series of large-scale religious works. The success of the picture led him to paint a series of religious works. After this he became the second president of the Royal Academy in London. He is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Articles in which this image appears: Benjamin West
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology ^{or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings}
Creator: Benjamin West

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 22:38, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Good painting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:30, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
_{Support -- A Sextet Short of PG(2,57) (talk) 22:49, 25 October 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Striking vote; Sextet has been found to be a sock of COMC, who was violating his block terms. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:25, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support: good painting that well depicts an excellent subject. Fylbecatulous talk 16:12, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo, people - this is one of the very unique and rare and remarkable depiction of this theme - the Exodus 13:21-22 in art!
21:The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22:He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Do you have any idea how uncommon and rare this depiction is? Show me just three more quality artwork depicting this theme (not crappy Bible cards) and I will take of my hat. And eat it. Hafspajen (talk) 21:13, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support J e e 08:44, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support ---> To the Canaan --The Herald 12:53, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Benjamin West - Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added it to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology, because (1) of it's prominent use on Ark of the Covenant and (2) there is no article about the painting. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]