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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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Reproduction of a painted limestone sarcophagus

Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Minoan IIIA
Date:
ca. 1375-1300 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
painted plaster
Dimensions:
Other: 35 1/4 x 18 x 54 1/2 in. (89.5 x 45.7 x 138.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Dodge Fund, 1910
Accession Number:
10.38.1

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  • Description

    Excavated 1903 in a tomb near the villa at Agia Triadha, Crete.

    The "Agia Triadha Sarcophagus" was the most expensive reproduction ever made by the Gillierons. Evans commissioned one painted by Gillieron, fils and complained at its expense to which Gillieron responded that it was very time consuming to do. Its complex scenes contain a wealth of information about the ritual worship of the dead on Crete at the end of the Late Bronze Age.

    The original is in the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Crete.

  • References

    Paribeni, R. 1908. "Il Sarcofago dipinti di Haghia Triada" Monumenti Antichi 19:8-10, pl. I-III.

    Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1910. Catalogue of the Collection of Casts. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 387, no. 287.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1910. "Cretan Reproductions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 5(5): pp. 114, 116, figs. 2-3.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. New York: The Gilliss Press, 30-2, fig. 20.

    Evans, A.J. 1928. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 2, pt. 2. London: Macmillan and Co., 650, 721-22, 835, figs. 414, 552 a.

    Evans, A.J. 1930. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 3. London: Macmillan and Co., 39, fig. 24.

    Mclees, H. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 126.

    Winlock, Herbert E. 1934. Preface to A Guide to the Collections, by The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Evans, A.J. 1935. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 4, pt. 1. London: Macmillan and Co., 42-5, figs. 27-8.

    Ivans, W.M. 1939. Preface to A Guide to the Collections, by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Immerwahr, S.A. 1990. Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age. University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State, 180-1, A.T. no. 2, pl. 50-3.

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