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Reproduction of a fresco with crocuses and violets

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Reproduction of a fresco with crocuses and violets

Painted by Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Minoan I
Date:
ca. 1600-1450 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/4 x 24 in. (69.2 x 61 cm)
Credit Line:
Dodge Fund, 1913
Accession Number:
13.48.3

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

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  • Description

    Excavated 1903 in a room in the east wing of the villa at Agia Triadha, Crete.

    The original frescoes from the villa at AgiaTriadha were badly damaged by fire at the time the building was destroyed in the middle of the fifteenth century B.C., darkening their overall appearance sometimes to the point of illegibility. Gillieron's reproduction made soon after the initial discovery is much more readable than the original is today. Flowering crocuses fill the foreground. Above are light blue flowers with broad leaves that have been identified as violets. Crete has over 500 endemic species of wild flowers.

    The original is in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

  • References

    Halbherr, F. 1903. "Resti dell'età Micenea Scoperti ad Haghia Triada presso Phaistos." Monumenti Antichi 13:57-60.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1913. "Cretan Reproductions." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8:109.

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

    Evans, A.J. 1928. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 2, pt. 2. London: Macmillan and Co., 464, fig. 274.

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