装饰性母羊 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	装饰性母羊
品名（英）	Decorative ewer
入馆年号	2000年，2000.492
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 1700 - 公元 1750
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	高: 33 1/2 英寸 (85.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	这只极具创造力的母羊由几块桤木组成，拥有细长的颈部、双柄和旺盛的喷口，堪称雕刻大师的杰作。遵循17世纪艺术家Jean le Pautre或Claes Jansz Visscher的装饰花瓶设计传统，这只母羊的轮廓被多种装饰元素包围。推杆、水果和花朵的花环以及蜿蜒的大叶子让人想起了佛兰德雕刻的精神和流畅的风格，如精心雕刻的讲坛和宏伟楼梯的栏杆。中间的斜倚人像，顶着藤蔓，他的女伴很可能是酒神巴克斯和谷神星，而两侧俏皮的推杆可能暗示着金星。如果是这样的话，这只母羊可能是一个著名标志的插图："Sine Cerere et Baccho，friget Venus"（没有食物和饮料，金星被留在寒冷中）。母羊还没有交出所有的秘密；例如，它是一个更大的装饰群的一部分，以提供一个庄严的餐厅，或者可能是一个用银制作的模型？也不知道亨利库斯·伊奥塞普·W…这个名字是指谁，用墨水刻在底座下面。
介绍（英）	Composed of several pieces of alder wood, this highly inventive ewer with its slender neck, double handle and exuberant spout, is a marvel of virtuoso carving. Following the tradition of designs for ornamental vases by seventeenth-century artists such as Jean le Pautre or Claes Jansz Visscher, the ewer's profile is enveloped by a multiplicity of decorative elements. The putti, garlands of fruit and flowers, and large sinuous foliage recall the spirited and fluid style of Flemish carving as expressed in elaborate sculpted pulpits and the balustrades of grand staircases. The reclining figure in the center, crowned with vines, and his female companion may well be Bacchus and Ceres, while the playful putti on the sides may be alluding toVenus. If so, the ewer could be an illustration of a famous emblem: "Sine Cerere et Baccho, friget Venus" (without food and drink, Venus is left in the cold). The ewer has not yet yielded all its secrets; was it, for instance, part of a larger decorative ensemble to furnish a stately diningroom or perhaps a model to be executed in silver? Neither is it known to whom the name Henricus Ioseph W…, inscribed in ink underneath the base, refers.