AREA OF THRONE. Griffin Fresco

Accession Number GB/1648/AJE/4/1/4/1/8
Artist Émile Gilliéron père (?)
Year 1900-1936
Dimensions 87 x 70 cm
Medium painting
Location Ashmolean Museum
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The Griffin Fresco was found partly in situ on the walls of the Throne Room in 1900. This replica was probably painted by Émile Gilliéron père.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, pp. 910-915, pl. xxxii

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 25