Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – “La Parisienne”

Find spot:  Crete, Knossos, on the Sanctuary Hall of the Piano Nobile (Upper Floor or “Floor of the Noble”)
Date: 1450-1350/1300 BCE
Clothing depicted: sacral knot, heanos, striped cloth, makeup
Museum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete https://heraklionmuseum.gr/en/exhibit/la-parisienne-fresco/

“La Parisienne” is part of the Camp Stool Fresco. Edmond Pottier gave her the name as he felt she resembled a contemporary woman from Paris.

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