Euphronios

The Euphronios Krater has told us all we will ever learn from it, but the next undiscovered object will tell us a great deal more if it is excavated in a systematic manner.

Archaeology Seeks More Than Art 2011

The Euphronios Krater was repatriated to Italy in 2008.

The Beautiful and the True Malcolm Bell 2011

Just a few of the most famous objects, including the Euphronios krater stolen by tomb robbers and recovered three years ago from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Sarcophagus of the Spouses, an enchanting icon of connubial conviviality, rate display cases of their own.

The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past Francis X. Rocca 2011

She spontaneously revealed to Mr. Ferri that she had been told by Dietrich von Bothmer, curator of Greek and Roman art at the Metropolitan, that he could point out the tomb at Cerveteri an Etruscan city north of Rome where a tombarolo, or looter, had excavated the famous Greek vase painted by Euphronios with a depiction of the death of Sarpedon.

The Beautiful and the True Malcolm Bell 2011

But Mario Resca, a former chairman of McDonald's Italia who is leading the government's push to make Italian museums more popular and user-friendly, says that the Euphronios krater will feature prominently in an ­Etruscan tourist itinerary that the Culture Ministry will be promoting next year.

A Celebrity in Low-Key Digs 2009

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Euphronios krater, depicting the body of Sarpedon being transported by Sleep and Death, was roiled in controversy for decades.

A Celebrity in Low-Key Digs 2009

Vernon Silver shines a spotlight over the shockingly cut-throat often illegal by even renowned museums competition for priceless ancient art by focusing on a kylix by famous ancient Greek artisan Euphronios.

The Lost Chalice: The Epic Hunt for a Priceless Masterpiece-Vernon Silver « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

After three decades of trying to avoid the inevitable [, i] n explaining the decision to return the [Euphronios] vase [to Italy], the Met's director, Philippe de Montebello, said: "The world is changing and you have to play by the rules."

Grading the New Acropolis Filler, Martin 2009

Euphronios was a pioneer in the art of red-figure vase painting, which reversed the older black-figure technique so that outlines and backgrounds appeared in black, the figures themselves in the color of clay.

A Celebrity in Low-Key Digs 2009

Two of the newly lent pieces have direct connections to the krater, which was painted by the Greek artisan Euphronios.

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