A small girl stands at the door to a walled garden (Figure 1). In her right hand, she holds a basket of flowers she has just picked while she holds out her left hand on which a butterfly has just alighted. She stares into the eyes of the viewer. Over her shoulder we see through an archway into the garden beyond and in the distance a fountain can clearly be made out. It is a figure of a urinating boy, standing in a large black stone basin (Figure 2). The figure is an example of a Puer Mingens, a urinating boy. There is no reason to believe that the fountain did not indeed exist in the garden in 1606 or at least that it is depicted because it was a desirable object to have in such a position at the time. While fountains became a common feature of seventeenth and early eighteenth century British gardens, those depicted in the works of Knyff and Kipp are almost universally non-figurative simple jet fountains. It appears that figurative garden fountains had fallen out of fashion in Britain by the end of the seventeenth century. On the continent they were, however, common and had been since the Renaissance. Judging by images in literature the Puer Mingens was a popular motif, but there are few surviving examples. Perhaps the most famous figurative fountain in this form, still operating today is the Manneken Pis in Brussels.

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1400-1700年喷泉设计中puer mingens主题的意义和使用问题

一个小女孩站在围墙花园的门口（图 1）。右手捧着刚摘下的花篮，左手托着一只刚刚落下的蝴蝶。她凝视着观众的眼睛。在她的肩膀上，我们通过拱门看到远处的花园，在远处可以清楚地看到喷泉。这是一个小便男孩的身影，站在一个黑色的大石盆中（图2）。该图是一个小便男孩Puer Mingens的例子。没有理由相信喷泉在 1606 年的花园中确实不存在，或者至少它被描绘出来，因为当时它是一个理想的对象。虽然喷泉成为 17 世纪和 18 世纪早期英国花园的共同特征，在 Knyff 和 Kipp 的作品中描绘的那些几乎普遍是非比喻性的简单喷射喷泉。到 17 世纪末，象征性的花园喷泉似乎在英国已经过时了。然而，在大陆上，它们很常见，并且自文艺复兴以来就一直存在。从文学形象来看，普洱明根是一个流行的主题，但幸存的例子很少。也许这种形式最著名的象征性喷泉，今天仍在运作，是布鲁塞尔的撒尿小童。但很少有幸存的例子。也许这种形式最著名的象征性喷泉，今天仍在运作，是布鲁塞尔的撒尿小童。但很少有幸存的例子。也许这种形式最著名的象征性喷泉，今天仍在运作，是布鲁塞尔的撒尿小童。