FBU4250110: Minoen art. Detail of the “” Blue bird” Fresco or “” The blue bird of crete””. One of the earliest and most important paintings from the so-called ç House of Frescoes è at Knossos is that of the ç Blue Bird è. It is very fragmentary and most certainly belonged to a large composition. Fresco reconstructed from fragments of the original work found in Knossos (1600 - 1450 BC). Archeological museum, Herakleion, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images