Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:NIND MVB-Bombardement ISO200.jpg

File:NIND MVB-Bombardement ISO200.jpg, not featured edit

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Info by -- Trougnouf (talk) 08:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Trougnouf (talk) 08:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Question How large (height and width) is the original painting? --StellarHalo (talk) 06:20, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. It is described on https://www.brusselscitymuseum.brussels/en/discover/masterpiece/the-bombing-in-1695 but the dimensions are not mentioned. I emailed the museum to get an answer. --Trougnouf (talk) 06:52, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
They responded :) 146 x 180 cm --Trougnouf (talk) 13:03, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Maybe not as high-res as some paintings we've seen here, but for me it's big enough to appreciate the artwork, and the quality of the reproduction is good. Cmao20 (talk) 09:28, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Cmao; a dramatic artwork. --Aristeas (talk) 18:27, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry. This digital reproduction is a bit small for a painting of that size. The quality is not quite there. The painting itself is really not special compared to other paintings of the time period. Furthermore, the event depicted was not really important from the historical lens. StellarHalo (talk) 00:13, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Here is a link you can read up on: en:Bombardment of Brussels. The destruction of the en:Grand Place is really important from the historical lens. This painting is the only existing image of its destruction. See also: why the Brussels Museum calls it a masterpiece on page 9 --Trougnouf (talk) 08:25, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Part of a city got destroyed and then it was quickly rebuilt. That was it. Important for Brussels, sure. For the history of Europe, not so much. This event was a minor military action in one of the multiple European cabinet wars of the time period and did not affect the final political outcomes. Overall, it was just a small footnote in history. There are many other much more destructive sacks of cities with higher fatalities and impact such as the Sack of Magdeburg and the Spanish Fury at Antwerp to name a few. Also, the painting itself mostly just shows the Grand Place on fire as the main subject and the lack of prominent human figures means the emotional and dramatic impacts are limited. StellarHalo (talk) 11:16, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support per Cmao, but conceding that it is on the small side. Daniel Case (talk) 02:19, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not only is the file small, but the painting is quite sizable. There's also what I believe to be multi-colored CA in much of the upper part of the photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:43, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per small size/CA noted by others. -- Colin (talk) 16:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 4 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--A.Savin 17:51, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]