New Research on the Polychromy of an Archaic Grave Stele and Finial in the Form of a Sphinx in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
in:
Colour & Space. Interfaces of Ancient Architecture and Sculpture.: Proceedings of the 10th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture
https://doi.org/10.34780/ttgwxn57
Lista degli autori
- Marco Leona [Chapter Author] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Federico Carò [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-6685 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Elena Basso [Chapter Author] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dorothy H. Abramitis [Chapter Author] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Sarah Lepinski [Chapter Author] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Seán Hemingway [Chapter Author] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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This contribution presents a detailed account of the history of research on the polychromy of an Attic Archaic grave stele in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York, including its provenance, conservation and restoration since its initial acquisition by The Met in 1911. New interdisciplinary research on its extensive polychromy allows the identification of a variety of pigments including two varieties of blue, Egyptian blue and azurite, red made from cinnabar as well as red and yellow ocher, and carbon‑based black. New evidence on how the paint was applied and the richness of the complex painted decoration enables a better appreciation of this elaborate funerary monument, which was created in the third quarter of the 6th cent. B.C. This research is part of a larger project that contributed to the ‹Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color› exhibition in the Greek and Roman Galleries at The Met that was on view from July 2022 through March 2023.
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ottobre 14, 2025
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