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

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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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Bronze statuette of a priest

Period:
Hellenistic
Date:
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Culture:
Etruscan
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
Classification:
Bronzes
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession Number:
16.174.4

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 170

  • Description

    This large statuette portrays a man, perhaps a votary or a priest, pouring an offering to the gods from a patera (libation bowl) held in his right hand. The gesture is typical of human and divine beings who are making sacrifice.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1921. "Classical Accessions: Bronzes." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 16(2): p. 38.

    Cook, Brian F. 1968. "Two Etruscan Bronze Statuettes." Metropolitan Museum Journal 1: pp. 167-70, figs. 4-6.

    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. 363, pp. 307, 476.

    de Puma, Richard Daniel. 2013. Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, no. 6.78, p. 235.

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