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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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Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Attributed to the Achilles Painter

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 470–460 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm); diameter 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm); diameter of foot 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); diameter of mouth 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Purchase, The Cesnola Collection, by exchange, 1925
Accession Number:: 25.189.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 157

Description

Obverse, Eos (the goddess of the dawn) pursuing Tithonos
Reverse, bearded man

The winged goddess Eos will capture Tithonos, a young Trojan prince, as he goes to school in the early morning and take him to Mount Olympos to be her lover.
Provenance

Said to be from Gela
References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1927. "Recent Accessions in the Classical Department." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 22(1): pp. 18-19, fig. 5.
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What
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When
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Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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