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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Period:: Late Republican
Date:: ca. 50–40 B.C.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Fresco
Dimensions:: Overall: 77 x 107in. (195.6 x 271.8cm)
Classification:: Miscellaneous
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number:: 03.14.4

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 164

References

Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 376, pp. 324-325, 479.

Bergmann, Bettina. 2010. "New Perspectives on the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67(4): pp. 20-21, fig. 31.
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