胡子国王的头像 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	胡子国王的头像
品名（英）	Head of a Bearded King
入馆年号	2021年，2021.37.14
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1300 - 公元 1400
创作地区
分类	雕塑石（Sculpture-Stone）
尺寸	2 3/8 × 1 11/16 英寸 (6 × 4.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个加冕国王的矮小头适合手掌。尽管如此，粗糙的，未雕刻的后脑勺表明它最初是一个更大的浮雕雕塑的一部分。光滑的椭圆形脸是对称的，高而微拱的眉毛在肉质眼睑的眼睛上。鼻子有一个细长的鼻梁和宽阔的鼻孔，尽管尖端已经折断。短而卷曲的头发和修剪整齐的胡须构成了这些特征，冠部以百合形末端为重点，靠在头上。虽然是用白色大理石雕刻而成的，在中世纪晚期的法国经常没有上漆，但头部（包括颈部的下侧）覆盖着旨在接受油漆的准备层，颜色和镀金的痕迹仍然附着在准备好的表面上。石头的这种添加似乎晚于头部从其原始雕刻环境中移除的日期，暗示了该物体漫长寿命中有趣的后期插曲。在中世纪晚期的法国，大理石往往被保留给精英教会家具和葬礼纪念碑。连同物体的尺寸，材料表明国王的头来自祭坛画或其他装饰，最初是为了近距离交战。它可以构成叙事展示的一部分，也许代表圣经中的君王，如大卫或希律王。
介绍（英）	This diminutive head of a crowned king fits into the palm of the hand. The rough, uncarved back of the head nonetheless suggests it was originally part of a larger relief sculpture. The smooth, oval face is symmetrical, with high, lightly arched brows over eyes with fleshy lids. The nose has a slender bridge and broad nostrils, though the tip has broken off. Short, curly hair and a neatly trimmed beard frame these features, and the crown, accented with lily-shaped terminals, rests upon the head. Though carved of white marble, which often went unpainted in late medieval France, the head (including the underside of the neck) is covered in a preparatory layer intended to receive paint, and traces of color and gilding still cling to the prepared surface. This addition to the stone seems to post-date the head’s removal from its original sculpted context, hinting at an intriguing later episode in this object’s long life. In late medieval France, marble tended to be reserved for elite ecclesiastical furnishings and funerary monuments. Together with the object’s dimensions, the material indicates that the head of a king came from an altarpiece or other decoration originally intended for engagement at close proximity. It could have formed part of a narrative display, perhaps representing a biblical king such as David or Herod.