A watercolor drawing of three acrobats and a large bull on a blue background.
Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss, “Acrobats Leaping over a Bull” (after a wall painting from the Palace of Knossos, Crete), 19th–20th century. Watercolor on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 1926.32.50. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss, “Acrobats Leaping over a Bull” (after a wall painting from the Palace of Knossos, Crete), 19th–20th century. Watercolor on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 1926.32.50. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A watercolor drawing of three acrobats and a large bull on a blue background. One acrobat is at the tail end of the bull with arms extended upward, another is in the act of a front flip over the bull, and the third is holding the bull's two horns. An intricately drawn frame with geometric patterns surrounds the work.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.32.50
People
Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss (1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939)
Title
Acrobats Leaping over a Bull (after a wall painting from the Palace of Knossos, Crete)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Modern
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291790

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
87.63 x 158.75 cm (34 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.)
framed: 108 × 179.1 × 2.5 cm (42 1/2 × 70 1/2 × 1 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.32.50
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Late Minoan, c. 1600-1100 BCE (original in the Herakleion Museum, Crete)

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), pp. 19-20, fig. I-3

Exhibition History

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