Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Storm (painting)

The Storm (painting)

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Original – "The Storm is a painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Cot, completed in 1880. Currently on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the painting was commissioned from the artist in 1880 by Catharine Lorillard Wolfe under the guidance of her cousin John Wolfe, one of Cot's principal patrons.

Reason

High resolution and good quality scan of a notable painting. Don't think we have any Cot featured.

Articles in which this image appears

The Storm (painting), Catharine Lorillard Wolfe

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Pierre Auguste Cot

• Support as nominator –  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:48, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support – On the way to the Wet T-shirt contest. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 13:59, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
• Comment — I don't know — we seem to have had quite a run of diaphanous Daphnes lately — too many? Sca (talk) 16:18, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

• If it's good enough, it'll get promoted, irrespective of previous. The person who organises the order of the images used on the front page will ensure that it isn't used immeditately after a similar image. gazhiley 17:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

• Right. I do think I can manage it. We'll probably end up with a backlog (like our bird picture) but I can handle it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:34, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

You just keep your hands to yourself! Sca (talk)

• My wife probably agrees with you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:09, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - useful Hafspajen (talk) 02:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support – love it ... great scan, good subject. I like the Spring painting too - hint, hint SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:36, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support — Cuz they're running in step. Sca (talk) 15:37, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support CorinneSD (talk) 20:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support as others. Yann (talk) 11:37, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
• Support --Though my !vote is unnecessary, I love to !vote for this painting. One of my favorites.. --The Herald : here I am 14:27, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:1880 Pierre Auguste Cot - The Storm.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:51, 18 December 2014 (UTC)