Pair of Three-Light Sconces（光之臂） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Pair of Three-Light Sconces（光之臂）
品名（英）	Pair of three-light sconces (bras de lumière)
入馆年号	1973年，1973.315.10, .11
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1770 - 公元 1780
创作地区
分类	金属制品镀金青铜（Metalwork-Gilt Bronze）
尺寸	高 11 1/2 x 宽 19 1/2 x 深 12 1/2 英寸 (29.2 x 49.5 x 31.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这些壁灯的形状非常自然，就像用一个大蝴蝶结绑在一起的百合茎。它们不是一对合适的丝带，因为它们的丝带并不互补，而是朝着同一个方向流动；因此，它们很可能是一个更大集合的一部分。未知的追逐者和镀金者在开放花朵等高度抛光的区域和花蕾等哑光区域之间形成了鲜明的对比。百合花是一种香味浓郁的花，在新古典主义时期非常流行，许多现代人都知道百合花形状的烤饼。例如，成功的青铜工人Pierre Gouthière为路易十五的情妇杜巴里夫人制作了一对由三根百合枝组成的百合花，为此他收取了2500里弗的费用。霍勒斯·沃波尔在1775年9月9日给安妮·利德尔的一封信中报告说，德·米雷波伊夫人的巴黎酒店的大内阁"被四枝奥莫卢百合照亮，每一枝都像圭多（雷尼）的天使在卡梅尔派教堂举行的‘致敬’（报喜）中所持的一样松散而优雅。"
介绍（英）	These wall lights are shaped with great naturalism to resemble lily stalks tied together with a large bow. They are not a proper pair, as their ribbons do not complement each other but flow in the same direction; therefore, they were most likely part of a larger set. The unknown chaser and gilder made clear contrasts between such highly burnished areas as the opened blooms and those given a matte finish, such as the buds. Lilies are strongly scented flowers that were very popular during the Neoclassical period, and a number of contemporary references to sconces in the shape of sprays of lilies are known. The successful bronze worker Pierre Gouthière, for instance, made a pair composed of three lily branches for Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, for which he charged 2,500 livres. Horace Walpole reported in a letter of September 9, 1775, to Anne Liddell, that the Grand Cabinet of Madame de Mirepoix’s Parisian hôtel was “illuminated by four branches of lilies of ormolu, each as loose and graceful as that which Guido [ Reni]’s angel holds in the ‘Salutation’ [Annunciation] at [ the church of ] the Carmelites.”