卡德摩斯杀龙 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	卡德摩斯杀龙
品名（英）	Cadmus killing the Dragon
入馆年号	1949年，49.97.570
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Léon Davent【1540 至 1556】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1535 - 公元 1550
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 9 13/16 英寸 × 12 英寸 (25 × 30.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	莱昂·达文特（Léon Davent）以雕刻师的身份开始了他的版画生涯，他创作了200多幅版画（其中大部分是由在枫丹白露宫工作的艺术家创作的唱片设计）。尽管他很快就转向了蚀刻，显然对这种媒介所允许的运动自由感到高兴，但他的孵化表现出一定的均匀性和控制力，这一定是他早期雕刻训练的遗产。在这幅版画中，我们可以看到艺术家在创作线性图案时所享受的乐趣，无论是表示树皮粗糙的歪歪扭扭的线条，还是加强龙颈扭曲的蜿蜒曲线。这种印花也提供了一个很好的例子，说明达文特喜欢全灰色色调，从中可以突出一些较浅的区域，给形状带来微妙的浮雕。这首先是通过用紧密编织的线网覆盖几乎整个盘子表面，包括天空来实现的。达文特还将印版的大部分弄粗糙，甚至在这种印刷品的情况下，故意将其弄粗糙，使其能够容纳一层油墨。只有少数区域被打磨光滑，墨水很少，读起来像亮点。
介绍（英）	Léon Davent, of whom little more is known than his name and that he made more than 200 prints (most of which record designs produced by artists who worked at the palace of Fontainebleau) began his printmaking career as an engraver. Although he soon turned to etching, apparently delighting in the freedom of movement this medium allowed, his hatching exhibits a certain evenness and control that must be the legacy of his early training in engraving. In this etching, we can see the pleasure the artist took in creating linear pattern, whether the squiggly lines that indicate the rough bark of the tree or the sinuous curves that reinforce the twisting of the dragon's neck. This print also provides an excellent example of Davent's preference for an all-over gray tone, from which a few lighter areas stand out, giving subtle relief to the forms. This is achieved firstly by covering almost the entire surface of the plate, including the sky, with a close-knit web of lines. Davent also left most of the plate rough—or even, in the case of this print, deliberately roughened it—so that it would hold a film of ink. Only a few areas are polished smooth, hold little ink, and read as highlights.