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Minoan Dolphins Fresco, Precision Restoration, Knossos, Crete, Greece

Minoan Dolphins Fresco Restoration
Original Painting of Ancient Artwork
Late Bronze Age (LBA)
Late Minoan (LM) Period
Knossos, Crete, Greece

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Width: 16,500 Pixels, 55.0 Inches, 139.7 Cms
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Artwork Description

Pieces of this fresco were found in the East Wing's Residential Quarters of Knossos Palace in a room next to the Hall of the Double Axes which Arthur Evans named the Queen's Megaron. Other names associated with this section of the palace are the Queen's Apartment, the Queen's Hall, and the Dolphin Sanctuary. Evans thought of it as the Queen's private reception room. Combining dolphins, fish and sea urchins it's one of Knossos' most distinctive frescoes. It was restored by the artist Piet de Jong between 1922 and 1930. A replica of the fresco is displayed over the door on the north side of the room. The original reconstructed fresco is on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete.

Statement on Restorations

All restorations were derived by using as objective and rigorous of a methodology as possible. I didn't want my biases or psychological preferences to subjectively "color" the effort. All my restorations use the same precision methodology. My only motivation was to do my best to reveal what they would have looked like when freshly painted.

When this methodology was applied to the Knossos Dolphins Fresco it revealed a color that is quite close to the Egyptian blue we think was available at the time.