2-696-745 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Cup-Bearer', Minoan, (c1950). Fresco from the mural paintings at the Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete. Knossos, a Bronze Age archaeological site, has been called Europe's oldest city. Its frescoes date from the 17th to the 15th centuries BC. From The Outline of Art, edited by Sir William Orpen. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1950]