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品名（中）	卡斯蒂廖内的天才
品名（英）	The Genius of Castiglione
入馆年号	1917年，17.50.17-36
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)【1609 至 1664】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1640 - 公元 1650
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	14 x 9 5/8 英寸 (35.5 x 24.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	卡斯蒂廖内制作了大约60幅蚀刻作品，所有作品都以生动的手法和高度个性化的内容为特色。他受到安东尼·范戴克（Anthony van Dyck）的影响，他在热那亚的工作室工作，后来又受到伦勃朗（Rembrandt）的版画的影响，伦勃朗比他大几岁，在阿姆斯特丹工作。卡斯蒂廖内在热那亚制作了这幅版画，并于1647年将其带到罗马，一年后在那里出版，献给克洛特威克的领主马蒂斯·范·德·梅维德（Matthys van de Merwede）。克洛特威克是一位荷兰贵族，也是艺术赞助人，1647年至1650年生活在意大利这位年轻人手中的书上的拉丁文铭文翻译为"热那亚的乔瓦尼·贝内代托·卡斯蒂廖内（Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione）的天才发明并制造了这个"。印刷品中的人物不是自画像，在这种情况下，"天才"一词应该被理解为古代意义上的"指导精神"。照片中坐着的年轻人不是自画像。举着小号和一本书，他代表着名声，这是一种身份认同，因为推杆手举着小号，指向月桂花环。兔子和带鸟的篮子象征着果实，而调色板、画笔和乐谱则象征着艺术。他们在地上的摆放和乐谱的皱折状态呈现出一种悲观的基调，暗示着人类成就的徒劳。
介绍（英）	Castiglione made some sixty etchings, all characterized by lively handling and highly personal content. He was influenced by Anthony van Dyck, in whose studio he worked in Genoa, and later by the etchings of Rembrandt, just a few years his senior, working in Amsterdam. Castiglione made this print in Genoa and took the plate with him to Rome in 1647 where it was published a year later and dedicated to Matthys van de Merwede, lord of Clootwyck, a Dutch nobleman and patron of the arts who lived in Italy from 1647 to 1650. The inscription in Latin on the book held by the young man reads in translation 'The genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione of Genoa [who] invented and made [this]'. The figure in the print is not a self portrait and the word 'genius' should, in this context, be understood in the ancient sense of a 'guiding spirit'. The seated young man in the print is not a self portrait. Holding a trumpet and a book he represents Fame, an identification that is reinforced by the putto holding a trumpet and pointing to a laurel wreath. The rabbit and the basket with birds symbolize fruitfulness whereas the palette, brushes, and music sheet refer to the arts. Their placement on the ground and the crumpled state of the music sheet present a pessimistic note, suggesting the futility of human accomplishment.