本杰明·富兰克林纪念章 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	本杰明·富兰克林纪念章
品名（英）	Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal
入馆年号	1906年，06.1192
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Louis St. Gaudens【1854 至 1913】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1906
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尺寸	直径 4 英寸 (10.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	从19世纪70年代初开始，奥古斯都·圣高登斯的弟弟路易斯（Louis）经常为圣高登s工作室事业做出贡献，他更喜欢拼写自己的姓氏"圣高登"。奥古斯都不时地将这枚奖章转交给路易，以纪念本杰明·富兰克林诞辰200周年。该委员会是由1904年4月27日的《国会法案》设立的，最初授予奥古斯都，但他坚持让路易斯将作品作为自己的作品签署 1905年，在大都会受托人丹尼尔·切斯特·弗伦奇的赞助下，圣高登斯收到了让-安托万·胡登的本杰明·富兰克林大理石半身像（1788年；72.6）的石膏复制品，该半身像于1872年交给了博物馆。这幅著名的肖像是奖牌正面半身像长度轮廓的参考点。背面描绘了一个穿着经典服饰的历史人物坐在她的宝座上，手里拿着一个刻有拉丁铭文的盾牌，翻译过来就是："他从天上夺下了门闩，从暴君手中夺下了权杖。"宝座底部的三个寓言人物（从左到右）代表了富兰克林对文学、科学和哲学的各种贡献 Tiffany&；1906年初，公司发行了151:1黄金版，赠送给法兰西共和国，150件青铜器，其中100件，包括这件，由西奥多·罗斯福总统分发。
介绍（英）	From the early 1870s onward Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s younger brother Louis, who preferred to spell his last name "St. Gaudens," was a frequent contributor to the Saint-Gaudens studio enterprise. From time to time Augustus passed along to Louis commissions including this medal to commemorate the bicentennial of Benjamin Franklin’s birth. The commission, brought about by an Act of Congress of April 27, 1904, was originally awarded to Augustus, but he insisted Louis sign the work as his own. In 1905, through the auspices of Metropolitan trustee Daniel Chester French, Saint-Gaudens received a plaster copy of Jean Antoine Houdon’s marble bust of Benjamin Franklin (1788; 72.6), which had been given to the Museum in 1872. This well-known portrait was the reference point for the bust-length profile on the medal’s obverse. The reverse depicts a classically garbed figure of History sitting upon her throne holding a shield with a Latin inscription that translates as: "He snatched from the heavens the bolt and from the tyrant the scepter." The three allegorical figures at the base of the throne represent (from left to right) Franklin’s varied contributions to Literature, Science, and Philosophy. Medals were struck by Tiffany & Co. in early 1906 in an edition of 151: 1 gold, which was presented to the Republic of France, and 150 bronzes, 100 of which, including this one, were distributed by President Theodore Roosevelt.