大力士和狄俄墨德斯的比特老大 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大力士和狄俄墨德斯的比特老大
品名（英）	Bit Boss with Hercules and Diomedes
入馆年号	1942年，42.50.161
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1550 - 公元 1600
创作地区	原产国: 德国, 可能是奥格斯堡（Country of Origin: Germany, Probably Augsburg）
分类	马术器械钻头（Equestrian Equipment-Bits）
尺寸	直径 2 3/4 英寸 (7 厘米); 重 2.5 盎司 (70 g)
介绍（中）	这个小头目的核心部分描绘了赫拉克勒斯和狄奥墨得斯的食肉母马，在树木和右侧城堡暗示的景观中。这个场景是从 Moderno （Galeazzo Mondella）于 1508 年在圆形牌匾上发现的原始构图复制而来的，该作品显示了忒修斯之子希波吕图斯的死亡。赫拉克勒斯和第五匹马被添加到现代诺的场景中，该场景显示了四匹马和底部的希波吕图斯从他的战车上掉下来，将其转变为赫拉克勒斯和狄奥墨得斯（希波吕图斯被重新解释为狄奥墨得斯被他自己的马杀死）。德国青铜创始人经常使用意大利奖章或牌匾作为他们作品的模型，包括老板，比如这个装饰马头侧面的老板。他们还为火药瓶、法杖武器甚至手枪生产了类似的装饰元素。这个场景似乎是16世纪下半叶德国南部制造的钻头和牌匾的常见设计（另见42.50.162）。
介绍（英）	The central part of this bit boss depicts Hercules with the carnivorous mares of Diomedes in a landscape suggested by trees and a castle on the right. This scene is copied from an original composition found on a circular plaquette by Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) dated 1508 showing the Death of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. Hercules and a fifth horse were added to Moderno’s scene, which shows four horses and Hippolytus at the bottom falling from his chariot, to transform it into Hercules and Diomedes (Hippolytus being reinterpreted as Diomedes killed by his own horses). German bronze founders would regularly use Italian medals or plaquettes as models for their works, including bosses, like this one, which decorated the sides of horse bits. They also produced similar decorative elements for powder flasks, staff weapons or even pistols. This scene seems to have been a common design for bit bosses and plaquettes made in Southern Germany in the second half of the 16th century (see also 42.50.162).