Pirate sword-cutlass

ariel · 3rd November 2019, 12:32 AM

The images of the janissaries are not the same.
One is a re-drawing of another ( this is like a newspaper back page “Find 10 differences”:-)))

Artists used older pictures time a time again, and the “ broken telephone” game eventually made the original and the n-th generation copy look like two independent ones.

All orientalists made quick drawings of the objects and painted their oils in the comfort of their studios, thousands miles away.

Both them and Old Masters had a stock of objects and used them as models for their oils.
My favorite one is Rembrandt’s “ Blinding of Samson”, where Philistines wear European armor and carry a Kris from Bali and a Pathistanaya from Ceylon ( both Dutch possessions at that time).

These old paintings may be extremely useful or awfully misleading, but we find the difference only with a hindsight.

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3rd November 2019, 12:32 AM	#9
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The images of the janissaries are not the same. One is a re-drawing of another ( this is like a newspaper back page “Find 10 differences”:-))) Artists used older pictures time a time again, and the “ broken telephone” game eventually made the original and the n-th generation copy look like two independent ones. All orientalists made quick drawings of the objects and painted their oils in the comfort of their studios, thousands miles away. Both them and Old Masters had a stock of objects and used them as models for their oils. My favorite one is Rembrandt’s “ Blinding of Samson”, where Philistines wear European armor and carry a Kris from Bali and a Pathistanaya from Ceylon ( both Dutch possessions at that time). These old paintings may be extremely useful or awfully misleading, but we find the difference only with a hindsight.