地理图形组符号 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	地理图形组符号
品名（英）	Figure group symbolic of Geography
入馆年号	1907年，07.225.14b
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1770 - 公元 1780
创作地区
分类	木工制品（Woodwork）
尺寸	整体 (each): 37 1/4 × 74 1/2 × 7 7/8 英寸 (94.6 × 189.2 × 20 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个雕塑群象征着地理。左边有翅膀的普蒂拿着一张地图，右边的那个腿上放着一本书，手里拿着指南针，伸手到旁边的地球仪上。一只张开翅膀的公鸡栖息在地球的顶部，而花环则披在普蒂的腿上。它的对（07.225.14a）象征着天文学。这个匿名雕刻与路易十五的主要建筑师Ange-Jacques Gabriel（1698-1782）的图纸相似，他负责小特里亚侬宫，凡尔赛歌剧院和宫殿的许多修改。1774 年 5 月，加布里埃尔为路易十五的孙子提供了凡尔赛图书馆的图纸，后者在同月继承了他作为路易十六。这些图画显示了密切相关的构图，象征着地理和天文学（但没有冠鸟），意在房间双门上方的门上。虽然这些设计被新国王拒绝了，但雕塑群可能已经制作或被执行了。公鸡暗指法国，鹰是奥地利的标志，可能指的是路易十六和他的奥地利妻子玛丽-安托瓦内特的结合。油漆痕迹表明这些雕刻已被剥夺了其原始表面装饰。
介绍（英）	This sculptural group symbolizes Geography. The winged putti on the left holds a map while the one on the right has a book in his lap, a compass in his hand and reaches up to the globe beside him. A cock with outstretched wings is perched on top of the globe while a garland of flowers is draped over the legs of the putti. Its pair (07.225.14a) symbolizes Astronomy. This anonymous carving bears resemblance to drawings by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782), the principal architect of Louis XV who was responsible for the Petit Trianon, the opera theatre at Versailles and many modifications at the palace. In May of 1774, Gabriel supplied drawings for a library at Versailles for Louis XV’s grandson who had succeeded him as Louis XVI that same month. These drawings show closely related compositions symbolizing Geography and Astronomy (but without the crowning birds) intended as over doors above the double doors in the room. Although the designs were rejected by the new king, it is possible that the sculptural groups had already been made or were executed after all. The cock, an allusion to France, and eagle, the emblem of Austria, probably refer to the union of Louis XVI and his Austrian wife, Marie-Antoinette. Traces of paint indicate that these carvings have been stripped of their original surface decoration.