Search the collections

Videos (1)
Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Close

<p>Please enable flash to view this media. <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Download the flash player.</a></p>

Please enable flash to view this media. Download the flash player.

Art Object
Program Information

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

Program information

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.

Eros, God of Love

Eros, God of Love
(00:49:32) 1095 views

Related Content

Marble statuette of Aphrodite

Marble statuette of Aphrodite

Marble statue of Aphrodite

Marble statue of Aphrodite

Marble statuette of a seated philosopher

Marble statuette of a seated philosopher

Marble statue of a seated woman

Marble statue of a seated woman

Marble statuette of Aphrodite

Marble statuette of Aphrodite

Browse current and upcoming exhibitions and events.

Exhibitions:

Events:

Events:

Marble statuette of a woman

Period:
Mid-Imperial, Antonine
Date:
ca. A.D. 138–193
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Marble, Pentelic
Dimensions:
H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm)
Classification:
Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number:
24.97.31

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 157

  • Description

    The figure is a reduced version of a type that is known in numerous Roman copies. The inscription on the base of our example gives the name Europa. She is best known as the princess carried off to Crete by Zeus in the form of a bull. Their children were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon. Thanks to depictions in vase-paintings, other representations are known of Europa standing and wrapped in a cloak, rather than seated on the back of a bull. The identity of the work, however, remains a subject of scholarly discussion.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Inscribed: "Europa"

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1925. "Recent Accessions of Ancient Marbles." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 20(4): pp. 106-7, fig. 3.
    LIMC IV (1988), 76, no. 1a, s.v. Europe I (M. Robertson). Also ref. in LIMC II, 24, no.148

  • See also
    What
    Where
    When
    In the Museum
    Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
    MetPublications
130011980

Close