Template:Did you know nominations/An Old Man and his Grandson

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 04:35, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

An Old Man and his Grandson

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... that the realism of Domenico Ghirlandaio's An Old Man and his Grandson (pictured) is unique among the portraits of the Quattrocento?

Created/expanded by JNW (talk). Self nom at 01:19, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I uploaded a cropped image to illustrate a possible alternate hook:
ALT1: ... that Ghirlandaio's An Old Man and his Grandson (detail pictured) portrays a man with a deformed nose sympathetically, in contrast to theories of the era by which external deformities imply character defects? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:50, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

size and age check out. Nice topic matter - initial hook is smoother, ALT1 more educational. I can see rationale for both really. Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:50, 7 December 2011 (UTC)