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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.32.48
People
Emile Gilliéron, Swiss (1850 - 1924)
Title
"Sacred Grove and Dance" (after a wall painting from the Palace at Knossos, Crete)
Other Titles
Former Title: Women Dancing Under Trees after a Late Minoan I Fresco from the Palace of Knossos
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
early 20th Century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291652

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Technique
Painted
Dimensions
63.5 x 80 cm (25 x 31 1/2 in.)
framed: 78.7 × 95.3 × 1.9 cm (31 × 37 1/2 × 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.32.48
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jennifer Y. Chi, ed., Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans, exh. cat., Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and Princeton University Press (New York and Princeton, 2017), p. 100, fig. IV-9
  • Kathrin Müller, "Methodische Zugänge zu ,Kulträumen' der minoischen Palastzeit" (2022), Logos Verlag Berlin, pp. 231-232, fig. 117a; p. 366

Exhibition History

  • Restoring the Minoans: Sir Arthur Evans and Elizabeth Price, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, 10/05/2017 - 01/07/2018

Verification Level

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