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Suonatore d'arpa seduto

2800–2700 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151
Quest’opera, una delle prime e rare raffigurazioni di musicisti che si conoscono, risale all’Antica Età del Bronzo e proviene dalle isole Cicladi. I suonatori d’arpa erano probabilmente componenti importanti della comunità, con la funzione di depositari e cantori della storia, dei miti e della musica del proprio popolo nell’età precedente alla scrittura. Si possono considerare i predecessori dei cantori di professione dell’eroica età micenea a cui si allude nei poemi omerici, come l’Odissea, e nella successiva ricca tradizione di poesia orale dell’antica Grecia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Suonatore d'arpa seduto
  • Periodo: Fine del I periodo cicladico antico-inizi del II periodo cicladico antico
  • Data: ca. 2800-2700 a.C.
  • Cultura: Isole Cicladi
  • Materiale e tecnica: Marmo
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 29,2 cm
  • Crediti: Rogers Fund, 1947
  • Numero d'inventario: 47.100.1
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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