火炬的设计 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	火炬的设计
品名（英）	Design for a Torchère
入馆年号	1986年，1986.1007.2
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Jean Jacques François Le Barbier【1738 至 1826】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1770 - 公元 1790
创作地区
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 18 1/2 × 12 3/16 英寸 (47 × 31 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个火炬设计是由艺术家Le Barbier制作的。他最出名的是他的绘画和插图，反映了18世纪最后几十年北美和欧洲的政治动荡和革命。毫无疑问，他最著名的作品之一是1789年由国民议会颁布并由国王路易十六（巴黎卡纳瓦莱博物馆）同意的《人权和公民权利宣言》的小组。然而，像他的许多法国同事一样，Le Barbier活跃于各种艺术学科，他为室内设计了多种设计，包括这种优雅的火炬设计。让人物——妇女、小天使或印第安人或非洲人等异国情调的人物——作为支撑，举起蜡烛或底座，可以在上面站立烛台的想法在 18 世纪变得特别流行。较小的作品通常用（部分）镀金青铜制成，而较大的作品可以用彩色木材、大理石或石膏制成。
介绍（英）	This design for a torchère was made by the artist Le Barbier. He is best known for his paintings and illustrations which reflect the political unrest and revolutions in North America and Europe during the final decades of the 18th century. One of his most famous works is without doubt the panel with the Declaration of the rights of men and citizens as it had been decreed by the Assemblée Nationale in 1789 and agreed to by King Louis XVI (Musée Carnavalet, Paris). Like many of his French colleagues Le Barbier was active in various art disciplines however, and he produced multiple designs for the interior, including this elegant design for a torchère. The idea of having human figures - women, cherubs or exotic figures such as Indians or Africans - as a support, holding up a candle or base on top of which a candelabrum could stand, had become particularly popular in the 18th century. Smaller examples were often executed in (partially) gilt bronze while larger pieces could be made in polychrome wood, marble or gesso.