萨福与阿尔卡埃乌斯

Sappho and Alcaeus

作者: 劳伦斯·阿尔玛-塔德玛
年代: 1881 年
收藏: 沃尔特斯美术馆
题材: 历史画
材质: 油彩、画板
尺寸: 66 × 122（高 × 宽，多为厘米）
描绘对象: 莎孚、阿尔卡埃乌斯
馆藏编号: 37.159

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作品介绍

《萨福与阿尔卡埃乌斯》（Sappho and Alcaeus）是一幅由英国荷兰裔艺术家劳伦斯·阿尔玛-塔德玛创作的油画，绘于1881年，尺寸为 66乘122厘米（26乘48英寸），藏于巴尔的摩的沃尔特斯艺术博物馆。

画作描绘了公元前7世纪晚期的一场音乐会，诗人阿尔卡埃乌斯演奏基特拉，观众是莱斯沃斯岛女同性恋诗人萨福，和她的几个女性朋友。萨福密切关注演出，将手臂放在一个垫子上，垫子上有一个月桂花环，大概是为表演者准备的。这幅画描绘了诗人赫尔迈西亚纳克斯, 阿特纳奥斯在他的《智者之宴》（Deipnosophistae）中进行了记载。

画作以雅典的狄俄倪索斯剧场为基础，有着一层层白色大理石座椅，但阿尔玛-塔德玛用萨福朋友的名字替换了原来雅典人的名字。在背景中，透过一些树木，可以看到爱琴海。

这幅画于1881年在伦敦皇家艺术研究院展出，并且出现在威廉·鲍威尔·弗里思的画作《皇家艺术研究院的私人视野》（1881）中，在最右侧，约翰·艾佛雷特·米莱正在欣赏。它受到了评论家的高度赞扬。巴尔的摩的威廉·汤普森·沃尔特斯获得了这幅画，1894年去世时，由他的儿子亨利·沃尔特斯继承，1931年后者去世后，将其留给沃尔特斯艺术博物馆。

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Sappho and Alcaeus is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch-British artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema, from 1881. It is held by the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore.

Description

The painting measures 66 by 122 centimetres (26 in × 48 in). It depicts a concert in the late 7th century BC, with the poet Alcaeus of Mytilene playing the kithara. In the audience is fellow Lesbos poet Sappho, accompanied by several of her female friends. Sappho is paying close attention to the performance, resting her arm on a cushion which bears a laurel wreath, presumably intended for the performer. The painting illustrates a passage by the poet Hermesianax, recorded by Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae ("The Philosophers' Banquet"), book 13, page 598.

The location, with tiers of white marble seating, is based on the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, but Alma-Tadema replaced the original inscribed names of Athenians with the names of Sappho's friends. In the background, the Aegean Sea can be seen through some trees.

Reception

The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881, and depicted in William Powell Frith's A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881, to the far right, being inspected by John Everett Millais. It was highly praised by critics: Punch described it as "marbellous".

Provenance

It was acquired by William Thompson Walters of Baltimore, and on his death in 1894 it was inherited by his son Henry Walters, who left it to the Walters Art Museum on his own death in 1931.

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