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Processional Portrait of Prince Bhawani Singh of Sitamau, 1855, Indian paintings in the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Processional Portrait of Prince Bhawani Singh of Sitamau, 1855, Processional Portrait of Prince Bhawani Singh of Sitamau, 1855, This portrait of Prince Bhawani Singh (r. 1867-1885) of Sitamau with his courtiers and attendants, portrays the prince's power and authority as he rides out on a hunt. Hunting dogs and attendants carrying rifles precede the prince and his entourage, who ride on magnificent steeds. The most important individuals in the group are identified by adjacent written inscriptions.

The painter has rendered the hunting party's attire in exquisite detail. The prince's armor is a fine silver and gold chain mail, and his courtiers wear sashes at the waist that they might have received as gifts from him. The horses are also richly adorned and depicted as individualized beasts. Equestrian portraits were a common way to honor noblemen at this time, and this group portrait would have been a particularly costly commission.
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シタマウのバワニ・シン王子の行列の肖像画、ミネアポリス美術館のインド絵画
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シタマウのバワニ・シン王子の行列の肖像画、1855年、シタマウのバワニ・シン王子の行列の肖像画、廷臣や従者と一緒にシタマウのこの肖像画、彼が狩りに出る時の王子の権力と権威を描写。猟犬やライフルを持った従者が王子とその従者より先に、壮大な馬に乗っている。グループで最も重要な人物は、隣接する書面による碑文によって識別される。その画家は狩人の服装を精緻に描写した。太子の鎧は銀と金の鎖の入った豪華なもので、彼の廷臣たちは、贈り物として受け取っていたかもしれないと、腰に帯を巻いている。馬も豪華な装飾を施され、個性的な獣として描かれている。馬術の肖像画は、当時の貴族を讃える一般的な方法であり、この集団肖像画は特に費用のかかるものであったであろう。
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individualization individualize individualized costly processional courtier costliness chain letter