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Original – ‎(11,480 × 11,480 pixels) The Adoration of the Magi is a tondo of the Adoration of the Magi. It is credited to Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi and dates to c. 1440/1460
ALT Same image with white background, for comparison with the above image. 11,480 × 11,480 px (48.4 MB)
Reason
Extremely high resolution scan; great quality. Decent article.
Articles in which this image appears
Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi
I think the physical edge of the tondo is essential to the image. Perhaps the larger file (with the black background) should be modified by changing the background to white (rather than gray), yet retaining the edge of the tondo. This is a relatively straightforward (simple) modification to make. Coldcreation (talk) 08:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • A problem with changing colors like this is that there are generally fringes left over. The original Google file (still accessible) has a black background, and thus it's possible that, even if the background were changed, there'd be some black fringing left. That being said, the majority of our FPs with a neutral background have a black background. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:01, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"Fringing" takes about 5 minutes to do away with. That is not a problem. What is a problem is the black background. It is most certainly not neutral. It is blacker than Malevich's Black Square. White is neutral since Wikipedia article have a white background (white on white). Any other color would not be (i.e., a square would be visible). It is not because the majority of FPs have a black background that this image should too. If anyone would like, I will do away with the black background (along with any residual fringing). Coldcreation (talk) 13:13, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. See image above. Coldcreation (talk) 17:59, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note, the painting itself no longer fuses with the background. There is no fringing, yet the tondo is visible just as in the image with a black background. I will proceed, just as a test, to post this image (with the white background) into the Wikipedia article about the painting. Feel free to revert it, but consider the possibility that the work is better seen like this (without the black square). Coldcreation (talk) 18:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure how. Do I just nominate the new version? 06:46 Coldcreation (talk) 17:52, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. Hafspajen (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:40, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]