Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 53
PREHISTORIC GREEK PERIOD I5 mous painting of a cat hunting a pheasant (No. 17; fig. 5). The scene is laid in a rocky landscape, with a spreading ivy plant in the center; to the left a pheasant with a long tail and bright plumage is perched on a tree trunk or rock, un- conscious of approaching… … painted in brownish tints (No. 1 3) ; on the left of these can still be seen the curved back and the horn of an animal, probably a bull. On others we see stately lilies (No. 14), drooping crocuses, and delicately veined leaves (No. 10). The representation of a woman in a brightly colored cos- tume…
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