Sanjit in Paris, 8-16 June 2018.

Sanjit in Paris, 8-16 June 2018. <![CDATA[1.]]>

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<![CDATA[2. Street art. A pun in French, after the title of a 2009 movie (

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<![CDATA[3. One of the dishes for dinner.]]>

<![CDATA[4. The guests at dinner. Left to right: Sanjit (IN), Anon (TH), Pim (TH), Marco (PE), Thomas (FR), Didier (FR).]]>

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<![CDATA[6. Thomas and Sanjit at home.]]>

<![CDATA[7. Mockup of Notre Dame Cathedral, inside the cathedral.]]>

<![CDATA[8. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[9. Entrance hall of the Hôtel Dieu hospital.]]>

<![CDATA[10. Flower market.]]>

<![CDATA[11. Flower market.]]>

<![CDATA[12. Flower market.]]>

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<![CDATA[16. Sainte-Chapelle, built mid-13th century.]]>

<![CDATA[17. Left, the Sainte-Chapelle. Back, the esrt Justice Courts (recently moved out of Paris).]]>

<![CDATA[18. Menu at the Brasserie des Deux Palais.]]>

<![CDATA[19. Thomas and Sanjit at the Brasserie des Deux Palais.]]>

<![CDATA[20. Lunch at the Brasserie des Deux Palais.]]>

<![CDATA[21. Thomas and an old French bill.]]>

<![CDATA[22. Sanjit and Thomas in the medieval Guards' Hall of the Conciergerie.]]>

<![CDATA[23. Temporary installation by French artist Stéphane Thidet, circulating the water of the nearby river Seine.]]>

<![CDATA[24. Level of the 1910 flood of the Seine.]]>

<![CDATA[25. Capital of a column in the Conciergerie.]]>

<![CDATA[26. Same, blowup (no pun intended). Do you wonder what the wife holds in her left hand...?]]>

<![CDATA[27. Same, blowup. And do you wonder what the husband holds in his right hand?]]>

<![CDATA[28.Pont au Change bridge. On the left, the Conciergerie.]]>

<![CDATA[29. In front of a bouquiniste stall.]]>

<![CDATA[30. Now it's clear which city Sanjit is in.]]>

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<![CDATA[32. In the underground mall Carrousel du Louvre, in front of a typical Parisian tourist trap.]]>

<![CDATA[33. Inverted pyramid, Carrousel du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[34. At last alone with Mona (and her guard). Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[35. Closer. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[36. No comment. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[37. Far back, the Winged Victory of Samothrace. CA. 200-175 B.C. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[38. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[39. Lapis lazuli nef (centerpiece). 16th century, Italy. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[40. Talking to the guardian at the entrance of the Ancient Egypt section, Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[41. Love is eternal. Statue of Raherka (inspector of scribes) and of his wife Meresankh. Ca. 2350 B.C. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[42. Same, closeup. See her right hand on her husband's shoulder?]]>

<![CDATA[43. The Seated Scribe. Ca. 2600-2350 B.C. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[44. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[45. King Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud. 1701. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[46. Same, closeup.]]>

<![CDATA[47. Louvre Pyramid, designed by architect Ieoh Ming Pei and complete in 1989. Far right, Arc de Triomphe (triumphal arch) of the Carrouseil, 1808. ]]>

<![CDATA[48. Closeup of the shield belonging to King Charles IX (1550-1574), made by goldsmith Pierre Redon. Ca. 1572. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[49. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[50. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[51. Powder horn with the face of King Henri IV (1553-1610). Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[52. Sam the painter, copying The Lacemaker by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[53. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[54. Jan van Goyen: River Landscape with Windmill and Ruined Castle. 1644. Louvre Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[55. Same, closeup.]]>

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<![CDATA[57. Back of one of the clocks. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[58. Édouard Manet (1832-1883): Luncheon on the Grass. 1863. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[59. Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Le Garçon au chat (The boy with the cat). 1868. Orsay Museum. ]]>

<![CDATA[60. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): The Smity at Marly-le-Roi. 1875. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[61. Alfred Sisley: The Saint Martin Canal. 1872. Orsay Museum. ]]>

<![CDATA[62. Claude Monet (1840-1926): The Train Bridge at Argenteuil. 1873-1874. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[63. Claude Monet (1840-1928): Carrières-Saint-Denis. 1872. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[64. Poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), closeup of Hanri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904): Hommage to Delacroix. 1864. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[65. Painter Édouard Manet (1832-1883), closeup of Hanri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904): Hommage to Delacroix. 1864. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[66. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), closeup of his Hommage to Delacroix. 1864. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[67. Claude Monet (1840-1926): Reggatas in Argenteuil. 1872. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[68. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Alphonsine Fournaise. 1879. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[69. Edgar Degas (1834-1917): The Danse Foyer at the Opera of rue Le Peletier. 1872. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[70. Edgar Degas: The Danse Class (closeup). 1873-1876. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[71. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): The ball at the La Galette windmill. Closeup. 1876. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[72. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): The ball at the La Galette windmill. Closeup. 1876. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[73. Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894): Henri Cordier. 1883. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[74. Édouard Manet (1832-1883): Berthe Morisot with a bunch of violets. 1872. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[75. Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), closeup of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904): Table Corner. 1872. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[76. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Danse in the coutryside. 1883. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[77. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Julie Manet, a.k.a. Child with cat. 1887. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[78. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Seated young girl. 1909. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[79. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Mr. and Mrs. Bernheim de Villers. 1910. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[80. Franz von Stuck (1863-1928): The Expulsion from Paradise. 1890. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[81. Boleslas Biegas (1877-1954): The Nostalgia of the Poor (closeup, top). Ca. 1905. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[82. Same (closeup, bottom).]]>

<![CDATA[83. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Richard Guino (1890-1973): Venus Victrix. 1913-1915. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[84. Aristide Maillol (1861-1944): Central character from the Three Nymphs group. 1930. Orsay Museum. Stolen by the Nazis during WWII, awaiting identification of owner.]]>

<![CDATA[85. Joseph Bernard (1866-1931): Dancing Fawn. 1912. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[86. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[87. Main hall, Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[88. Hans Bellmer (1902-1975): The Doll. 1945, 1970-1971. Orsay Museum (on loan from Pompidou Center).]]>

<![CDATA[89. Edgar Degas (1834-1917): Little dancer aged 14. 1921-1931. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[90. Jean Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (1847-1916), sculptor, and Émile Muller & Co., ceramist: The Council is having fun, a.k.a. Monkey and Dolphin. 1903. Orsay Museum (on loan from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg).]]>

<![CDATA[91. Jean Baptiste Jules Klagman (1810-1867), sculptor, Haviland & Co. Manufacture: Sleeping Nymph. 1876. Orsay Museum (on loan from the Ceramic Museum, Limoges).]]>

<![CDATA[92. Paul Gaugin (1848-1903): Tehura, a.k.a. Teha'amana. 1892. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[93. Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890): The Siesta (after Millet). 1890. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[94. Vincent Van Gogh (1863-1890): Dr Paul Gachet. 1890. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[95. Vincent Van Gogh (1863-1890): Portrait of the artist (closeup). 1889. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[96. Vincent Van Gogh (1863-1890): Eugène Boch. 1888. Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[97. Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900): Asia. 1878. In front of the Orsay Museum.]]>

<![CDATA[98. Reading the menu at the Brasserie des Deux musées.]]>

<![CDATA[99. Tasting the wine there (a glass of Sancerre).]]>

<![CDATA[100. Pondering about art.]]>

<![CDATA[101. View from the Léopold Sédar-Senghor walkway birdge. Far left: the Grand Palais.]]>

<![CDATA[102. Ottone Lorenzo (1648-1736): The Nile. 1688-1692. Tuileries Gardens. ]]>

<![CDATA[103. Thomas waiting for Sanjit at home.]]>

<![CDATA[104. Covered Passage of the Panoramas. 1799.]]>

<![CDATA[105. New waiter n° 47 at Bouillon Chartier figuring the bill. The older ones don't need to check the prices on the menu.]]>

<![CDATA[106. Didier, n° 47, Sanjit. Bouillon Chartier.]]>

<![CDATA[107. Sanjit, Didier, Bouillon Chartier.]]>

<![CDATA[108. End of a good day.]]>

<![CDATA[109.]]>

<![CDATA[110. In front of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[111. Royal Chapel. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[112. Veronese: The Meal at the House of Simon the Pharisee. Ca. 1572. Salon d'Hercule, Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[113. René-Antoine Houasse: Ceiling (closeup). 1683. Salon de l'Abondance. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[114. Jean Warin (1607-1672): Louis XIV. 1645-1672. Salon de Vénus. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[115. View to the gardens.]]>

<![CDATA[116. In the back: The Pilgrins of Emmaus, after Veronese. Ca. 1560. Salon de Mars. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[117. Sanjit dreamed of being a little better dressed, for this visit...]]>

<![CDATA[118. ... but this is how he was actually dressed. Colors are the same: top blue, bottom white, but style is somewhat different. See also photo n° 45, earlier. ]]>

<![CDATA[119. Claude II Audran: The god Mars on his charriot pulled by wolves (closeup). 1672. Center ceiling of the Salon de Mars. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[120. Head of Emperor Hadrian. 1501-1700. Salon d'Abondance. Castle of Versailles. ]]>

<![CDATA[121. Antoine Coysevoix and Jean-François Lorta : Louis XIV on horse crowned by the Goddess of Victory. 1681-1682. Salon de la guerre (War Room). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[122. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[123. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[124. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[125. View of the gardens from the Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[126. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[127. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[128. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[129. Galerie des glaces (Hall of mirrors). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[130. Charles Le Brun: The Reformation of Justice (the central character is King Louis XIV). 1667. Ceiling, Hall of Mirrors. Castle of Versailles. ]]>

<![CDATA[131. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[132. Charles Le Brun: The War against Spain for the rights of the Queen. 1667. Ceiling, Hall of Mirrors. Castle of Versailles. ]]>

<![CDATA[133. The King's bedroom, created in 1701. Louis XIV died here on September 1, 1715. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[134. The King's bedroom. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[135. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[136. The gardens. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[137. Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865): Lafayette (full name: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Mottier, Marquis de La Fayette). 1834. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[138. Staircase. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[139. Napoleon I. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[140. Horace Vernet (1789-1863): Battle of Wagram, won by Emperor Napoleon, 6 July 1809. Ca. 1835. Galerie des Batailles (Gallery of the Battles). Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[141. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[142. Horace Vernet (1789-1863): Battle of Fontenoy, won by the Maréchal de Saxe, 11 May 1743. 1827. Gallery of Battles. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[143. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[144. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[145. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[146. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[147. François Gérard (1770-1837): King Henri IV entering Paris, 22 March 1594. 1817. Gallery of Battles. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[148. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[149. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[150. Bedroom of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[151. Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766): Madame Henriette playing the bass viol. Bedroom of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[152. Bedroom of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[153. Jean-Marc Nattier. Madame Infante, in court dress, and The Dauphin Marie-Josèphe de Saxe. Bedroom of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[154. Bedroom of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[155. Library of Madame Victoire. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[156. Bedroom of Madame Adélaïde. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[157. Large cabinet of Madame Adélaïde. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[158. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[159. Balthasar Keller: Adonis (left) and Modest Venus, a.k.a. Medicis Venus. 1687. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[160. Nicolas Massé: Amphitrite (after a 1652 model by Michel Anguier). 1684. Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[161. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[162. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[163. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[164. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[165. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[166. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[167. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[168. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[169. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[170. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[171. In the gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[172. Gardener at work. Gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[173. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[174. Same, before the trimming.]]>

<![CDATA[175. Antoine Coysevoix (1640-1720): Castor and Pollux (after the antique work). 1685-1712. Gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[176. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[177. Pierre Puget (1620-1694): Milo of Croton. 1672-1682. Gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[178. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[179. Gardens of the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[180. Pierre Cartelier and Louis Petitot: Louis XIV on a horse. 1838. Square facing the Castle of Versailles.]]>

<![CDATA[181. Waiting for a cappuccino in a café in Versailles.]]>

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<![CDATA[183. Hôtel de Soubise, home of the museum of the French National Archives.]]>

<![CDATA[184. Citroën DS 19. This particular car was that of Prime Minister Georges Pompidou. Hôtel de Soubise (temporary exhibit).]]>

<![CDATA[185. Napoléon and Sanjit. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[186. Bedroom of the Princess. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[187. Meeeting of generations at the French National Archives. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[188. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[189. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[190. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[191. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[192. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[193. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[194. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[195. Garden. Hôtel de Soubise.]]>

<![CDATA[196. Asparus (front) and other vegetables. Garden of the Rosebushes - Joseph Migneret.]]>

<![CDATA[197. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[198. Street art.]]>

<![CDATA[199. Same (closeups).]]>

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<![CDATA[201. Street art, rue Quincampoix.]]>

<![CDATA[202. Street art, rue Quincampoix.]]>

<![CDATA[203. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[204. Guess where.]]>

<![CDATA[205. Street art.

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<![CDATA[206. Fashionable transportation means.]]>

<![CDATA[207. Night cat.]]>