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Nicholas Lanier

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Original – Nicholas Lanier was the court musician and composer in the service of King Charles I and Charles II. He was also a singer, lutenist, scenographer and a painter himself. Van Dyck’s portraits range intimate works to grand, monumental portraits. The artist’s portrait gallery is a real document of his time, and presents us with a living image of the artist’s contemporaries.

Reason

Good painting, good painter, nice details. Nicholas Lanier was an English composer; the very first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music (k) from 1625 to 1666, of the total 21 people who ever had it. The title is still in use, as Master of the Queen's Music, today. It was Lanier who, when this portrait was painted by the Flemish painter van Dyck, convinced the King to bring Van Dyck to England, where he became the leading court painter.

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FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Anthony van Dyck

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 23:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Nice — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:42, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Very nice image, good EV in the article.--Godot13 (talk) 04:50, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:46, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Jobas (talk) 18:28, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:56, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support ____ Alborzagros (talk) 10:00, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose Nice reproduction but it looks like Van Dyck hadn't reached his peak of painting right arms at this point. Lanier's shoulder is about two feet away from his neck and then there is a strange skew in his upper arm before it meets his Popeyesque forearm; there does seem to be a line in the wall indicating where the shoulder should be though; weird. Belle (talk) 13:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Anton van Dyck - Nicolas Lanier - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:19, 6 August 2015 (UTC)