Where Is Euphronios Krater? Museum Location

Q: Why did the Met return the Euphronios Krater?

Evidence showed the krater was illegally excavated from an Etruscan tomb in the 1970s. After negotiation, the Met returned it to Italy in 2008 and displays a reproduction.

Q: Who was Sarpedon?

Sarpedon was a Trojan ally and son of Zeus. When he died fighting Patroclus, Zeus couldn't save him but ordered Sleep and Death to carry his body home for proper burial.

Q: What does Euphronios Krater depict?

Ancient Greek euphronios's anatomy and foreshortening were radical for their time. The Met returned this krater to Italy in 2008 after evidence showed it had been looted.

Ancient Greek The Euphronios Krater is a wine-mixing bowl painted this around 515 BCE by the Athenian potter Euxitheos and painted by Euphronios. It depicts the death of Sarpedon from Homer's Iliad: the hero's body lifted by Sleep and Death while Hermes directs them.

The red-figure technique (painting figures in red clay against black) allowed unprecedented detail. Euphronios's anatomy and foreshortening were radical for their time. The Met returned this krater to Italy in 2008 after evidence showed it had been looted. A reproduction now stands in its place at the Metropolitan Museum.

Evidence showed the krater was illegally excavated from an Etruscan tomb in the 1970s. After negotiation, the Met returned it to Italy in 2008 and displays a reproduction.

Sarpedon was a Trojan ally and son of Zeus. When he died fighting Patroclus, Zeus couldn't save him but ordered Sleep and Death to carry his body home for proper burial.

Ancient Greek euphronios's anatomy and foreshortening were radical for their time. The Met returned this krater to Italy in 2008 after evidence showed it had been looted.

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