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.

Acrobats Leaping over a Bull (after a wall painting from the Palace of Knossos, Crete)

Collection
Harvard Art Museums
People
Emile Gilliéron or son (, 1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939)
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926

Late Minoan, c. 1600-1100 BCE (original in the Herakleion Museum, Crete) Click here to learn more on the Harvard Art Museums website.