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Info created by unknown artist / J. Paul Getty Museum, uploaded by Revent, nominated by Yann (talk) 23:35, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Info Aphrodite, terracotta with polychromy, between 250 and 200 BC. “Leaning on a pillar, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, wears a large wreath of flowers and a cloak draped around her hips. The goddess's pose is based on a much earlier, clothed statue of Aphrodite made by the sculptor Pheidias in the 400s B.C. In accordance with later Hellenistic tastes, the terracotta's artist chose to depict her semi-nude to emphasize her sensuality. The goddess's outstretched left hand originally held an offering, probably either a dove or an offering bowl. The figurine, originally brightly painted, still bears traces of red paint. The city of Tanagra in northern Greece was a leading producer of small terracotta figurines, which were exceedingly popular in the 300s and 200s B.C. Women, especially elaborately and stylishly dressed women, were the favorite subject matter, but the figurines also often portray handsome youths, children, and Eros, the winged young god of love.”
Support While we have a lot of painting nominations, we don't have that many of sculptures, and very few of that quality. -- Yann (talk) 23:35, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support as uploader. For those who don't have the script, the image is 78.92 megapixel, which is pretty insanely detailed for an object of that size, and it's a 'official' image from the museum, so it's quite unlikely a better one of this work will come along any time soon. Revent (talk) 23:42, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 23:53, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support! Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:26, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:15, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:37, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Per Yann. --Pugilist (talk) 08:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support INeverCry 15:48, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:06, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 09:20, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Jebulon (talk) 10:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Julian H.^✈ 14:15, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice detail, of course, but also well-composed and lit. Daniel Case (talk) 18:47, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Hubertl 04:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Daniel. Not an expert, but it seems to me they carefully created a Rembrandt lighting on the face? --El Grafo (talk) 15:13, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Albertus teolog (talk) 20:47, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Laitche (talk) 06:23, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects