猴子喷泉图 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	猴子喷泉图
品名（英）	Monkey fountain figure
入馆年号	2016年，2016.375
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Caspar Gras【1585 至 1674】【奥地利人】
创作年份	公元 1595 - 公元 1605
创作地区
分类	雕塑青铜（Sculpture-Bronze）
尺寸	整体 (confirmed): 13 1/8 × 7 11/16 × 10 1/8 英寸, 26.7 磅 (33.3 × 19.5 × 25.7 厘米, 12.1 kg)
介绍（中）	猴子蹲在交叉的爪子上平衡自己。它弯腰驼背，肩膀向前，领子脖子塞进去，前臂支撑在膝盖上，以便更好地将丢失的物体（可能是杆子或链子）握在手中。头部向前倾斜;分开的嘴巴、张开的鼻孔和直视传达了警觉性。这件作品可能是现已失传的动物雕塑群的一部分，可能装饰了一个喷泉。可能是以一只活的猕猴为蓝本;这个真人大小的雕塑以高度的自然主义捕捉了物种的身体特征、姿势和能量。在文艺复兴时期，从直布罗陀和北非进口的野生猕猴（Macaca sylvanus）在整个欧洲都很受欢迎;艺术家本可以在王子动物园中研究它们。由于其模仿的技巧，猴子是绘画和雕塑的象征 - 模仿或"猿"自然的艺术。
介绍（英）	The Monkey crouches balancing itself on crossed paws. It hunches, shoulders forward, collared neck tucked in, and braces its forearms against its knees to better hold a lost object, perhaps a rod or a chain, in its hands. The head is inclined forward; the parted mouth, flared nostrils, and direct gaze communicate alertness. This work was probably part of a now lost group of animal sculptures and may have decorated a fountain. Probably modelled after a living macaque monkey; this life-sized sculpture captures the species’ physical features, posture, and energy with a high degree of naturalism. During the Renaissance, wild macaques (Macaca sylvanus) imported from Gibraltar and North Africa were popular throughout Europe; artists could have studied them in princely menageries. Because of its skill at mimicry the monkey was a symbol of painting and sculpture – the arts which emulate or "ape" nature.