大卫与歌利亚之战 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大卫与歌利亚之战
品名（英）	Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath
入馆年号	1917年，17.190.396
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 629 - 公元 630
创作地区	制造于: 君士坦丁堡（Made in: Constantinople）
分类	金属制品银（Metalwork-Silver）
尺寸	整体: 19 7/16 x 2 5/8 英寸, 203.9盎司 (49.4 x 6.6 厘米, 5780g) foot: 8 1/8 x 3/4 英寸 (20.6 x 1.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	628-29年，拜占庭皇帝赫拉克勒奥斯（统治时期610-41）成功结束了与波斯的漫长而昂贵的战争，夺回了耶路撒冷、埃及和其他拜占庭领土。这些杰作背面的银制邮票可追溯到613年至29/30年，制造于赫拉克勒奥斯统治时期。盘子上的圣经人物穿着早期拜占庭宫廷的服装，向观众暗示，与扫罗和大卫一样，拜占庭皇帝是上帝选择的统治者。宴会上用来展示的精致菜肴在罗马晚期和拜占庭早期很常见；这些物品通常以古典主题装饰，传达财富、社会地位和学习。这套银盘可能是现存最早使用圣经场景进行此类展示的例子。他们预定的安排可能密切遵循了圣经中的事件顺序，他们的展示可能符合基督的名字的Christogram或花押字的形状在这个壮丽的盘子的顶部，大卫与歌利亚对峙，在他们之间是大卫为他的吊索收集石头的河流的化身。主要场景显示了决定性的战斗。尽管大卫似乎处于守势，但他的士兵向前推进，迫使歌利亚的士兵撤退。在底部，获胜的大卫将巨人斩首（撒母耳记上17:41–51）。
介绍（英）	In 628–29 the Byzantine emperor Herakleios (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and regained Jerusalem, Egypt, and other Byzantine territory. Silver stamps dating to 613–29/30 on the reverse of these masterpieces place their manufacture in Herakleios’s reign. The biblical figures on the plates wear the costume of the early Byzantine court, suggesting to the viewer that, like Saul and David, the Byzantine emperor was a ruler chosen by God. Elaborate dishes used for display at banquets were common in the late Roman and early Byzantine world; generally decorated with classical themes, these objects conveyed wealth, social status, and learning. This set of silver plates may be the earliest surviving example of the use of biblical scenes for such displays. Their intended arrangement may have closely followed the biblical order of the events, and their display may have conformed to the shape of a Christogram, or monogram for the name of Christ. At the top of this magnificent plate, David confronts Goliath, and between them is a personification of the river from which David gathered stones for his sling. The major scene shows the decisive battle. Although David appears to be on the defensive, his men move forward, forcing Goliath’s soldiers into retreat. At the bottom, the victorious David beheads the giant (1 Samuel 17:41–51).