The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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the article's talk page or
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The result was: promoted by
Crisco 1492 (
talk) 01:33, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
... that
Ingres's 1856 painting The Source(pictured) is described as "the most beautiful figure in French painting", according to art historian
Kenneth Clark?
Created/expanded by
SupernovaExplosion (
talk). Self nom at 04:28, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
ALT2... that
Ingres's 1856 painting The Source(pictured), depicting a nude woman holding a pitcher, is described as "the most beautiful figure in French painting"? --
SupernovaExplosionTalk 04:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Have reviewed and revised; how about this alternative hook:
Maculosae tegmine lyncis (
talk) 14:59, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
ALT3...that Irish novelist
George Moore described
Ingres' The Source(pictured) as "that exquisite dream of innocence"?
Good to go, with ALT3 hook agreed with original nominator; I am, however, now involved in the article so someone else may want to review (can't see this issue discussed in the DYK guidance notes), thanks,
Maculosae tegmine lyncis (
talk) 12:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Crisco 1492 (
talk) 01:33, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
... that
Ingres's 1856 painting The Source(pictured) is described as "the most beautiful figure in French painting", according to art historian
Kenneth Clark?
Created/expanded by
SupernovaExplosion (
talk). Self nom at 04:28, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
ALT2... that
Ingres's 1856 painting The Source(pictured), depicting a nude woman holding a pitcher, is described as "the most beautiful figure in French painting"? --
SupernovaExplosionTalk 04:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Have reviewed and revised; how about this alternative hook:
Maculosae tegmine lyncis (
talk) 14:59, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
ALT3...that Irish novelist
George Moore described
Ingres' The Source(pictured) as "that exquisite dream of innocence"?
Good to go, with ALT3 hook agreed with original nominator; I am, however, now involved in the article so someone else may want to review (can't see this issue discussed in the DYK guidance notes), thanks,
Maculosae tegmine lyncis (
talk) 12:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)