Caricatures
Piet de Jong was also a talented caricaturist. Forty-four Piet de Jong caricatures, also in watercolor, have also been published. The majority of the subjects for these paintings were archaeologists from the excavations for which Piet worked as architect. Some of the more famous of Piet’s scholarly subjects include Sir Arthur Evans, excavator of Knossos, and Alan Wace, excavator of Mycenae. Other caricatures feature students and other so-called “helenophiles” living in Athens, associated with either the American School of Classical Studies at Athens or the British School at Athens. In his will, Piet de Jong bequeathed all of his personal caricatures and other watercolors to Minoan archaeologist Sinclair Hood. These artworks are now in the archives of the Knossos Trust, where they have resided since 1990.
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