梅莱杰 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	梅莱杰
品名（英）	Meleager
入馆年号	2005年，2005.107
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Antonio Gai【1686 至 1769】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1735
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	整体 (wt. confirmed): 56 1/4 英寸, 493磅 (142.9 厘米, 223.6233kg)
介绍（中）	神话英雄梅尔拉奇带领一队猎人联合起来杀死了卡利多尼亚野猪，这是女神阿尔忒弥斯派来恐吓其家族王国的凶猛野兽。他通常被描绘成将野猪的头放在脚边；在这里，他还把动物毛皮优雅地披在肩上。据传说，梅尔拉奇爱上了乐队中唯一的女猎手阿塔兰塔，并向她颁发了奖杯，以表彰她的高超技艺。我们的雕塑最初与亚特兰大的雕塑配对，后来被英国驻威尼斯领事约瑟夫·史密斯（1682-1770）收购，他是艺术的伟大支持者，以赞助卡纳莱托而闻名。这张真人以下的照片显示了一个圆脸的年轻人，正处于成年的边缘。他的姿势和一头轮廓优雅的头发让人想起了被广泛复制的罗马皇帝哈德良最喜欢的人物安蒂诺斯的肖像，并给人留下了一种暗示本世纪后期盛行的新古典主义品味的整体印象。Gai是威尼斯花园双桨运动的天才从业者之一，在这次盛大的旅行中，他在英国游客中特别流行，他们是新古典风格的伟大推动者。
介绍（英）	Meleager, the mythological hero, led the team of hunters who banded together to slay the Calydonian boar, a ferocious beast sent by the goddess Artemis to terrorize his family kingdom. He is typically portrayed with the boar's head at his feet; here he also wears an animal pelt draped gracefully around his shoulders. According to legend, Meleager fell in love with the huntress Atalanta, the only woman among the band, and offered her the trophy in recognition of her prowess. Our sculpture was originally paired with one of Atalanta when it was acquired by Joseph Smith (1682-1770), the British consul to Venice, a great supporter of the arts known for his patronage of Canaletto. The under-lifesize figure shows a round cheeked youth just on the verge of manhood. His stance and elegantly chiseled mop of hair evoke the widely reproduced portraits of the Roman emperor Hadrian's favorite, Antinous, and contribute to an overall impression sug gestive of the Neoclassical taste that prevailed later in the century. Gai, one of the more gifted practitioners of Venetian garden sculp ture, enjoyed a particular vogue among the English travelers on the grand tour who were great promoters of Neoclassical style.