贝利萨留和他的向导 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	贝利萨留和他的向导
品名（英）	Belisarius and His Guide
入馆年号	2004年，2004.113a, b
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Antoine Denis Chaudet【1763 至 1810】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1794
创作地区
分类	雕塑青铜（Sculpture-Bronze）
尺寸	高 18 英寸, 深 14 3/8 英寸 (47.5 x 36.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	胜利的六世纪拜占庭将军贝利萨留的声望激起了皇帝查士丁尼的嫉妒之怒，以至于他将贝利萨留斯监禁，然后失明，四处乞讨。法国社会中的反保皇派分子在路易十六的宫廷中发现了相似之处，后者受到了越来越多的批评。1791年，当这群人的陶俑模型在沙龙展出时，多愁善感的新古典主义公众肯定很喜欢它的悲情，以及这位失明但永远骄傲的托钵僧和他疲惫的年轻导游之间的对比。青铜的追逐质量让早期的评论家们认为Chaudet是自己完成的，但更可能的是，他转向了一家专业的铸造厂，以获得所需的专业知识，为金属提供令人眼花缭乱的表面。新古典主义时代有时会有意想不到的动力学时刻：安装在未上漆的底座内的是原始转盘，该团体可以在其上旋转，以便从各个角度欣赏。
介绍（英）	The popularity of the victorious sixth-century Byzantine general Belisarius aroused the jealous wrath of his emperor Justinian to the point that he had Belisarius imprisoned, then blinded and turned loose to beg for his living. Antiroyalist elements in French society found parallels in the court of Louis XVI, which was coming under increased criticism. When the terracotta model for this group was exhibited at the Salon of 1791, the sentimental Neoclassical public surely relished its pathos and the contrast between the forms of the sightless but ever-proud mendicant and his weary young guide. The quality of the bronze's chasing led early commentators to suppose Chaudet carried it out himself, but more likely he turned to a professional foundry for the expertise needed to give the metal its dazzling range of surfaces. The Neoclassical age sometimes had unexpected kinetic moments: fitted within the unpatinated base is the original turntable on which the group can be revolved so as to be appreciated from every angle.