Foto van de dag

Vandaag een duo als Foto van de dag:

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Eerst het hotel dat in Lake Pichola in Udaipur ligt en dat een rol speelde in de James Bond-film Octopussy.


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Dan deze gevel aan Lake Pichola in Udaipur.


Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown arourer, Personal dagger of Colonel James Skinner, North-India, late 18th century or early 19th century, steel, gold, black and white jade, turquoise, wood and velvet.

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DSC00602TheWallaceCollectionRanjitSinghUnknownCraftsmanQuiverAndArrowsPresentedByASikhChiefToWilliamFraserPunjabEarly19thCentury

Wat een vreemde positie voor een foto kun je denken, maar dit was de enige manier die ik kon bedenken om de foto te maken zonder schittering van het glas waaronder dit voorwerp lag. Unknown craftsman, Quiver and arrows presented by a Sikh chief to William Fraser, Punjab, early 19th century, leather, steel, gilt-silver thread, glass beads, munj grass shafts and polychrome.

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Unknown armourer, Shield bearing portraits of figures at the Lahore Durbar and hunting scenes, Punjab, probably 1850 – 1870, watered steel, iron, gold and paste.

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Ranjit Singh

Vandaag zag ik nog een verzameling wapens in Jaipur.
Ze zijn interessant om te vergelijken met de voorwerpen
in deze collectie.
Ze zullen later zeker op deze site verschijnen.

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown Company school artist working for Colonel James Skinner, A horseman in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s service, Delhi, about 1815, folio from the Skinner Album, watercolour on paper.

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The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Reconstructie.


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Unknown armourer, Gilded and gem-set shield of Hari Singh Nalwa, Lahore, Punjab, about 1824 – 1825, steel, gold, gems, velvet, cotton and silver thread.

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Achterzijde van het schild.


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Unknown carver, Character studies of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (right) and General Hari Singh Nalwa, Punjab, mid-19th century, ivory and pigment.

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Unknown carver, Character studies of General Hari Singh Nalwa.

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Foto van de dag

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Deze antiloop is de ‘Indische antilope’, officieel ‘Antilope cervicapra’,
in het Engels ‘blackbuck’.

Ranjit Singh

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Een korte verdieping op het onderwerp ‘Quoits’ of werpringen (misschien is er een betere Nederlandse naam?). Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armorer, Gold decorated quoit, Punjab, 19th century, steel and gold.

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The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armourer, Gold decorated, inscribed quoit, Punjab, 19th century, blued steel and gold.

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The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armourer, Turban Fortress, Lahore, Punjab, mid 19th century, steel, cane, cotton, muslin (possible), silver thread, steel wire and gold.

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Foto van de dag

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Limoenvlinder (Papilio demoleus) ljikt dit te zijn. Algemeen voorkomend.


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Soms kan ik niet kiezen en zijn er meer dan één Foto van de dag. ‘Tea keeps you fit’.


Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armourer, Turban Helmet, probably Lahore, Punjab, 1825 – 1850, watered steel, iron, gold, brass, velvet and metal thread.

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Unknown artist, Meeting of Ranjit Singh and Jaswant Rao Holkar, Punjab plains, about 1805 – 1806, gouache heightened with gold on paper. De meeste ‘scholen’ in de Indiase kunst zijn streekgebonden: Delhi, Awadh enz. De ‘Company school’ heeft betrekking op werken en kunstenaars die in opdracht van medewerkers van de East India Company gemaakt zijn/werkten. Die werken voldeden dus meer aan de Westerse ‘smaak’.

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Unknown Company School artist, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lucknow, Awadh, about 1810 – 1820, tempera on paper.

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Wilkinson (blade) and unknown armourer (hilt), Sword likely to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Kolkata (blade) and Lahore (hilt), about 1830s, steel, gold and silver.

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Foto van de dag

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Vanmorgen loop ik door de oude stad van Jodhpur, zie ik aan het eind van de straat drie honden zitten in een straal zonlicht. Als herten gevangen in het licht van de koplampen. De huizen staan in de oude stad zo dicht op elkaar dat het zonlicht niet veel kans heeft om tot op straat te komen. Deze honden profiteren er van zolang het gaat.


Foto van de dag

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Kunstenaars in de visuele kunsten, van zowat alle tijden en culturen, begrijpen dat toeschouwers door symetrie in het beeld schoonheid ervaren.


Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armourer, Helmet said to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore, early 19th century, steel, gold, iron and brass.

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Unknown armourer, Cuirass said to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore, Punjab, early 19th century, steel, gold, quilted velvet and fabric.

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Unknown armourer, Pair of vambraces (Onderarmbeschermers) said to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore, Punjab, early 19th century, steel, gold, quilted velvet, gold and silver thread and sequins (Pailletten).

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Foto van de dag

De eerste van 2025.
Er was er tenminste nog een die voor de titel in aanmerking
had kunnen komen maar de selectie is streng.

Ik ben ter kerke gegaan.

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Foto van de dag

Dit is de laatste ‘Foto van de dag’ van 2024.
Ik maakte die nog nadat het vorige bericht werd geplaatst.
Regelmatig maak ik foto’s van ‘hotelkunst’ en
deze reis breid ik dat uit met ‘restaurantkunst’.
Dat kun je kitsch niet schuwen.

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