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Harvard Treasures Tour: Tethys Mosaic

Presented by Harvard Art Museum

April 30, 2010

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Susanne Ebbinghaus, George M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Enter Morgan Hall and find yourself in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Installed in the atrium of this Harvard Business School building is a large and colorful Byzantine mosaic of the Greek sea goddess Tethys surrounded by different species of fish. The 4th-century mosaic, in stone and glass, once graced an octagonal pool in a bath building in Antioch, Roman Syria. Following its excavation in 1938, it was given to Harvard's Fogg Museum. Installation in the museum proved difficult, and the mosaic traveled on to a barn in Lincoln, MA, and an outdoor courtyard at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, before finding a new home in Morgan Hall.

Participation is free, but registration is required

Harvard Treasures is a series offered to Harvard Art Museum members only that explores the university's architectural riches and art holdings beyond the museum.

To learn more about membership and to register for the tour, please call 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu.

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    Morgan Hall at the Harvard Business School

    Soldiers Field
    Boston, MA 02163

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    April 30, 2010

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    12:00pm-1:00pm

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      "An Old Friend Of Mine"
      Comment posted by: Alan Paul Bardsley from Bolton in Lancashire, England, Jun 21, 2011
      

      Some time in the mid 90s I had the pleasure of carefully excavating and crating up of the Tethys Mosaic from the atrium Gardens of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum Georgetown under the careful eye of Susan... Expand

      Some time in the mid 90s I had the pleasure of carefully excavating and crating up of the Tethys Mosaic from the atrium Gardens of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum Georgetown under the careful eye of Susan Boyd the Museum Curator, from whence it was lifted out over the building and stored nearby in covered sheds. I am so pleased to see it recreated and enjoyed again. Happy Memories if you read this Susan. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Harvard Treasures Tour: Tethys Mosaic
      "An Old Friend Of Mine"
      Comment posted by: Alan Paul Bardsley from Bolton in Lancashire, England, Jun 21, 2011
      

      Some time in the mid 90s I had the pleasure of carefully excavating and crating up of the Tethys Mosaic from the atrium Gardens of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum Georgetown under the careful eye of Susan... Expand

      Some time in the mid 90s I had the pleasure of carefully excavating and crating up of the Tethys Mosaic from the atrium Gardens of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum Georgetown under the careful eye of Susan Boyd the Museum Curator, from whence it was lifted out over the building and stored nearby in covered sheds. I am so pleased to see it recreated and enjoyed again. Happy Memories if you read this Susan. Collapse

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