
Paintings and Drawings
Painting, Stone
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.H.1 of Designated List in force since 2011.
These are painted on mudplaster, lime plaster (wet -- buon fresco -- and dry -- secco fresco); types include simple applied color, bands and borders, landscapes, scenes of people and/or animals in natural or built settings.
Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
Example shown:
Wall Painting depicting a wild cat
Material: Fresco Painting on mortar; Period: Middle Minoan IIIB - Late Minoan I (1600-1480 B.C.); Provenance: Agia Triada, Crete; Place of Production: Crete; Dimensions: height - 2.15 - 2.25 m. / length - 2.30 m.
Archaeological Museum of Herakleio