圣克里斯多福、尤斯塔斯和伊拉斯谟（三个帮助圣徒） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣克里斯多福、尤斯塔斯和伊拉斯谟（三个帮助圣徒）
品名（英）	Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus (Three Helper Saints)
入馆年号	1961年，61.86
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者	Tilman Riemenschneider【1460 至 1531】【德国人】
创作年份	公元 1497 - 公元 1508
创作地区	制造于: 德国, 维尔茨堡（Made in: Germany, Würzburg）
分类	雕塑木（Sculpture-Wood）
尺寸	整体: 21 x 13 x 4 3/4 英寸 (53.3 x 33 x 12.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅浮雕中的人物代表了自13世纪初以来一直被尊为一个团体的十四位辅助圣徒中的三位。1446年后，它们在德国南部特别流行，当时人们认为它们出现在上弗兰科尼亚牧羊人的视野中。这里代表的是圣克里斯托弗抱着基督之子；圣尤斯塔斯，图拉真军队中皈依基督教的将军；以及叙利亚主教圣伊拉斯谟。这些雕像是用一块石灰木雕刻而成的，再加上一块，圣克里斯托弗就有了更多的深度。人物的重叠使三到四组圣徒之间没有明显的接缝，也创造了一种巨大的深度感。精细的雕刻和较小的规模表明，最初的群体是一个独立的浮雕在壁龛或神社。虽然圣克里斯托弗看起来向左，但人物的总体移动是向右的，这表明这件作品最初位于浮雕的左侧。雕刻精细的细节和装饰性的冲压作品，所有这些都会被一层油漆遮住，这证明这座雕塑从未打算被粉刷。
介绍（英）	The figures in this relief represent three of the fourteen Helper Saints, venerated as a group since the early 1300s. They became particularly popular in the south of Germany after 1446, when it was believed they appeared in a vision to a shepherd in Upper Franconia. Represented here are Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child; Saint Eustace, a general in Trajan’s army who converted to Christianity; and Saint Erasmus, a Syrian bishop in episcopal regalia. The figures are carved from a single piece of limewood, with an added piece giving additional depth to Saint Christopher. The overlapping of figures allowed the three or four groups of saints to be joined with no apparent seam and also created a sense of great depth. The meticulous carving and small scale suggest that the original group was an independent relief in a niche or a shrine. Although Saint Christopher looks to the left, the general movement of the figures is to the right, indicating that this piece was originally at the left side of the relief. The finely carved details and the decorative punch work, all of which would have been obscured by a layer of paint, are evidence that the sculpture was never intended to be painted.