Template:Did you know nominations/The Last Day of Pompeii

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:47, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

The Last Day of Pompeii[edit]

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Karl Bryullov, The Last Day of Pompeii (detail)

Karl Bryullov (centre) in The Last Day of Pompeii

~~... that Karl Bryullov's The Last Day of Pompeii depicted the eruption of Mount Vesuvious in AD 79?~~
Alt1 ... that Russian painter Karl Bryullov inserted himself into his picture of the eruption of Mount Vesuvious in The Last Day of Pompeii?

Reviewed: Dewan Rabindranath Soni
Comment: 5 x expanded from 20 Nov. Using details as images as the whole painting does not display well at small size.

5x expanded by Philafrenzy (talk). Self-nominated at 12:29, 26 November 2017 (UTC).

Article meets length requirements, and was nominated within 10 days of the start of expansion. All images are in the public domain. Article is stable, neutral, and adequately references. Hooks are cited to offline sources so they are accepted in good faith. Only two requirements are needed: a QPQ, and some grammar corrections in the article. There should probably be a comma before citation 11, and "cancel its commission but when it" should probably read "cancel its commission, but when it", and "works of history but most of his attempts" should read "works of history, but most of his attempts". Once these issues are resolved, the article will be approved. Of the two hooks, I think ALT1 is the best as an article about a painting of the Vesuvius eruption is not that "hooky", but an artist self-inserting in their work is interesting. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:40, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, all done. I tweeked the Alt a little. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:07, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

All issues have been resolved so ALT1 is now a pass.

Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:02, 16 December 2017 (UTC)