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Reproduction of the "Saffron-Gatherer" fresco

Attributed to Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Middle Minoan IIIB-Late Minoan IA
Date:
ca. 1700-1525 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 17 in. (61 x 43.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Dodge Fund, 1915
Accession Number:
15.122.3

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  • Description

    Excavated 1900 in the area of the Early Keep at Knossos.

    This restoration by E. Gillieron, pere has famously been shown incorrect as it surely represents a monkey not a boy. Blue monkeys appear in a number of Aegean wall paintings such as the one exhibited adjacent to this painting. Part of the tail, unrecognized at the time of restoration, is visible in the fragment at the far right. The original fresco was damaged during an earthquake in Herakleion in 1926 and was subsequently restored differently. The Metropolitan's reproduction records the first restoration made by Gillieron. Subsequent study of the deposit has identified additional fragments that suggest at least two monkeys were portrayed in the scene.

    The original is in the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Crete

  • References

    Evans, A.J. 1900. "The Palace of Knossos." The Annual of the British School at Athens 6:45.

    Evans, A.J. 1901. "The Palace of Minos." The Monthly Review 2:126.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1916. "Reproductions of Prehistoric Greek Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 11:109.

    Evans, A.J. 1921. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 1. London: Macmillan and Co., 265, pl. IV.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. New York: The Gilliss Press, 20.

    Evans, A.J. 1930. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 3. London: Macmillan and Co, 21.

    Pendlebury, J.D.S. 1939. The Archaeology of Crete: An Introduction. London: Methuen, 131.

    Cameron, M., and S. Hood. 1967. Catalogue of Plates in Sir Arthur Evans' Knossos Fresco Atlas. London: Gregg Press Limited, 27.

    Immerwahr, S.A. 1990. Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age. University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 170, Kn no. 1, pl. 10-11.

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