The Sluggard

This life-size study was originally designed as a pair to compliment the sculptor's 'An Athlete Wrestling a Python'. Frederic Leighton initially titled the sculpture 'An Athlete awakening from Sleep', but may have felt that the new title better emphasised the languid mood of the piece. Giuseppe Valona, the Italian model who posed for An Athlete Struggling with a Python, was again used for The Sluggard. Edgcumbe Staley described the moment when: 'Giuseppe Valona, the model, a man of fine proportions, weary one day of posing in the studio, threw himself back, stretched out his arms and gave a great yawn. Leighton saw the whole performance and fixed it roughly in clay straight off.' This anecdote suggests the artist was inspired by the spontaneous movement of the model, but in fact same contrapposto pose was present in Leighton's work as early as 1869. A preliminary sketch of the pose can be found here. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.这件等身大小的习作最初是作为雕塑家弗雷德里克·莱顿（Frederic Leighton）《与巨蟒角力的运动员》（An Athlete Wrestling a Python）的配套作品创作的。莱顿最初将这件雕塑命名为《从睡梦中苏醒的运动员》，但后续或许认为新标题更能凸显作品慵懒松弛的氛围。曾为《与巨蟒缠斗的运动员》（An Athlete Struggling with a Python）担任模特的意大利人朱塞佩·瓦洛纳（Giuseppe Valona），再次成为《懒汉》（The Sluggard）的模特。埃德格库姆·斯特利（Edgcumbe Staley）曾如此描述创作契机：“模特朱塞佩·瓦洛纳身形比例绝佳，某日在工作室中厌倦了摆姿势，便向后仰身、张开双臂，打了一个大大的哈欠。莱顿目睹了整个过程，随即直接用黏土快速定格了这个姿态。” 这段轶事似乎表明艺术家的灵感源于模特的即兴动作，但事实上，莱顿早在1869年的作品中就已使用过相同的对偶倒列（contrapposto）姿态。该姿态的初稿可在此处查看。 本作品属于“扫描世界”（Scan The World）项目的馆藏。“扫描世界”是MyMiniFactory发起的非营利性项目，旨在创建一个面向全球公众、可免费获取的3D可打印雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑数字档案库。该项目为开源社区协作项目，若您身边有可供分享的有趣藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解具体参与方式。