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Reproduction of a terracotta figure of a girl on a swing

Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Minoan I
Date:
ca. 1600-1450 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
painted plaster and string
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number:
22.51.1

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

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  • Description

    Excavated 1902 at Agia Triadha, Crete.

    E. Gillieron, fils traveled to Agia Triadha to undertake the restoration of the original statuette for the Italian School of Archaeology in the summer of 1921. He made this copy for the Metropolitan Museum at the same time.

    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 14:74, figs. 42, 43.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1922. "Cretan Reproductions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 17(3): p. 62.

    Richter, G.M.A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. New York: The Gilliss Press, 34.

    Evans, A.J. 1935. Palace of Minos at Knossos. Vol. 4, pt. 1. London: Macmillan and Co., 24-7, fig. 13.

    Zervos, C. 1956. L'Art de la Crete Neolithique et Minoenne. Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art, fig. 578.

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