本杰明·富兰克林（1706–1790） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	本杰明·富兰克林（1706–1790）
品名（英）	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
入馆年号	1872年，72.6
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Jean Antoine Houdon【1741 至 1828】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1778
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	整体 (weight confirmed): 23 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 英寸, 87 磅 (58.7 × 36.8 × 28.6 厘米, 39.5 kg); 高 (without base): 17 1/2 英寸 (44.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	霍登的富兰克林半身像是他为美国历史上的领军人物创作的第一幅经典肖像，其中包括华盛顿、杰斐逊、约翰·保罗·琼斯、拉法叶侯爵和罗伯特·富尔顿（1989.329），在他代表新独立的美国在巴黎的九年（1776-85）中，这让法国社会非常着迷。他自然的未烫头发、简单的贵格会西装和温和的机智，都与富兰克林所处的外交圈的规范形成了鲜明对比。富兰克林的名人吸引了时尚的女主人和街上的人群，他的形象被当时的顶尖艺术家广泛传播 Houdon本人以各种形式和媒体制作了许多富兰克林肖像的例子。这种剪裁利落的现代连衣裙显然受到了当代美国政治家的青睐，并预见到乔治·华盛顿坚持认为，侯登的雕像（1792年；里士满州议会大厦）显示的是美国总统穿着现代制服，而不是伪古董服装人们一直在争论富兰克林是否真的是侯登的座上宾，或者这位雕塑家是否只是从一个偶然的熟人那里捕捉到了他生动准确的图像。他将有充分的机会在九姐妹共济会的小屋里观察这位美国牧师，他们以及外籍社区中的许多其他艺术家和赞助人（例如，斯特罗加诺夫伯爵；见伏尔泰和狄德罗）都属于这座小屋。
介绍（英）	Houdon's bust of Franklin was the first of his canonical portraits of leading figures in American history, among them Washington, Jefferson, John Paul Jones, the Marquis de Lafayette and Robert Fulton (1989.329). This marble, which follows the format of the original terracotta, captures those aspects of Franklin's somewhat sly persona, which so fascinated French society during his nine years in Paris (1776–85) representing the newly independent United States. His natural unpowdered hair, simple Quaker suits, and benign wit all stood in sharp contrast to the norms of diplomatic circles in which Franklin moved. Franklin's celebrity attracted fashionable hostesses and crowds in the street alike and his image was widely disseminated by the leading artists of the time. Houdon himself produced numerous examples of his Franklin portrait in various formats and media. This cleanly truncated version, in modern dress, was clearly preferred by contemporary American statesmen and anticipates George Washington's insistence that Houdon's statue of him (1792; State Capitol Building, Richmond) show the American president in modern uniform rather than pseudo antique garb. It has been much debated whether Franklin actually sat for Houdon or if the sculptor captured his vividly accurate image from mere passing acquaintance. He would have had ample opportunity to observe the American minister at the Masonic lodge of the Nine Sisters to which they, as well as many other artists and patrons in the expatriate community (e.g., Count Stroganov; see Voltaire and Diderot), belonged.