“直布罗陀围城”研究：三个数字 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	“直布罗陀围城”研究：三个数字
品名（英）	Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures
入馆年号	1960年，60.44.19
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	John Singleton Copley【1738 至 1815】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1785 - 公元 1786
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尺寸	14 3/8 x 23 英寸 (36.5 x 58.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	1775年秋天在伦敦定居后，科普利为他的大部分英国画作，尤其是他的历史画作画。为"直布罗陀围城战"（1783-91;伦敦市政厅美术馆），科普利描绘了 1779-82 年英国保卫岩石对抗西班牙和法国军队的激动人心的描绘，他创作了近百幅粉笔、石墨、墨水和水彩画。他为这幅画工作了八年，因为他一次又一次地根据委托这幅画的伦敦金融城公司成员的意愿改变和妥协他的想法。现存的绘画记录了艺术家在设计这样一件不朽作品的过程中的工作方法和思维过程。这幅三位数粉笔画可能是炮艇士兵的初步研究，尽管最终构图没有使用。此图形是方形的，以便传输到画布，并包含有关该过程的注释。
介绍（英）	After settling in London in the fall of 1775, Copley made drawings for most of his English paintings, especially his history paintings. For “The Siege of Gibraltar” (1783–91; Guildhall Art Gallery, London), a stirring depiction of the British defense of the Rock in 1779–82 against Spanish and French forces, Copley made nearly one hundred chalk, graphite, ink, and watercolor drawings. He worked on the painting for eight years, as he time and again altered and compromised his ideas according to the wishes of the members of the Corporation of the City of London, who had commissioned the painting. The extant drawings document the artist’s working method and his thought processes in the course of devising such a monumental work. This three-figure chalk drawing is probably a preliminary study for soldiers in the gunboat, although it was not used in the final composition. This drawing is squared for transfer to canvas and includes notations regarding that process.