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Reproduction of a fresco with two women in a chariot

Painted by Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Helladic IIIB
Date:
ca. 1300-1200 B.C.
Culture:
Mycenaean
Medium:
watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 26 1/2 in. (48.3 x 67.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Dodge Fund, 1912
Accession Number:
12.58.3

This artwork is part of Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son

This artwork is not on display

  • Description

    Excavated 1910 in the west slope rubbish deposit at Tiryns.

    This fragment belongs to a large boar hunting scene, of which other fragments are displayed on this wall. The scene remains the most detailed depiction of a two-horse chariot and its harness fittings from Bronze Age Greece.

    The original is in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1912. "Reproductions of Minoan Frescoes." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 7(6): pp. 116-17.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. New York: The Gilliss Press, 42.

    Evans, A.J. 1935. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 4, pt. 2. London: Macmillan and Co., 825, fig. 804.

    Rodenwalt, G. 1912. "Die Fresken des Palastes." In Tiryns : die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen des Instituts / Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Athen, Vol 2. Athens: Eleutheroudakis und Barth, pl. VIII- IX.

    Immerwahr, S.A. 1990. Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age. University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 202, Ti no. 6a, pl. 69.

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