圣克里斯多福与婴儿基督 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣克里斯多福与婴儿基督
品名（英）	Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ
入馆年号	1880年，80.3.674
策展部门	欧洲绘画（European Paintings）
创作者	Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi)【1448 至 1494】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1469 - 公元 1494
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	112 x 59 英寸 (284.5 x 149.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅气势恢宏、保存完好的壁画是15世纪末佛罗伦萨最受欢迎的画家之一、壁画技术大师吉兰达约的早期作品。它的来源不明，它装饰佛罗伦萨圣米尼亚托-弗拉-勒托里教堂小教堂的传统可能是错误的：早期作家将这幅壁画描述为大约两倍大，并将其归因于波莱乌洛兄弟在真正的壁画技术中，颜料与水混合直接应用在新鲜（或壁画）的石膏墙上。当灰泥凝固时，会发生化学反应，颜料颗粒会被锁在墙上，使作品具有很强的耐用性。在十五世纪，壁画的设计通常是在粗糙的灰泥（"arriccio"）的预备层上使用红色颜料，即sinopia。上面只铺了一天就能涂上的精细研磨的灰泥（"intonaco"）。我们的壁画包括七个这样的部分，或称为"giornate"，它们紧跟着人物和窗帘的轮廓这幅画的状况非常好。许多细节，尤其是在景观中，都是在灰泥干燥后添加的。这样的"秘密"细节通常已经消失。
介绍（英）	This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century Florence and a master of the fresco technique. Its provenance is unknown, and the tradition that it decorated a chapel in the church of San Miniato fra le Torri in Florence is probably wrong: that fresco was described by early writers as about twice the size and was attributed to the Pollaiuolo brothers. In true fresco technique, pigments mixed with water are applied directly on a fresh (or fresco) plaster wall. As the plaster sets, a chemical reaction occurs whereby the pigment particles become locked into the wall, giving the work great durability. In the fifteenth century, the design for a fresco was often executed with a red pigment, known as sinopia, on a preparatory layer of coarse plaster ("arriccio"). Over this was laid just the amount of finely ground plaster ("intonaco") that could be painted in a single day. Our fresco comprises seven such sections, or "giornate", which closely follow the contours of the figures and drapery. The painting is in exceptionally good condition. Many details, especially in the landscape, were added after the plaster had dried. Such "a secco" details have usually fallen away.