See more pictures of disputed antiquities. And while any cloud of suspicion over the krater's provenance was unbeknownst to Met curators in 1972, the museum faced calls from Italy to return the artifact, originally discovered outside Rome.Ĭurrent Status: After several years of negotiation, the Met returned the krater to Italy in 2008 in exchange for the rights to display several comparable artifacts on loan. The Euphronios Krater arrived in the Met’s collection via a dealer who is now facing charges of illegal trafficking in Italy. It had been purchased, however, from Robert Hecht, now on trial in Italy on charges of conspiring to deal in looted antiquities. 515 B.C.E., red-figure terracotta, 55.1 cm diameter (National Museum Cerite, Cerveteri, Italy) Speakers: Dr. The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the 2500-year-old krater an ornate bowl used to combine water with wine for $1 million in 1972, thrilled to find one of the few known examples of the ancient painter Euphronios. Euphronios, Sarpedon Krater, (signed by Euxitheos as potter and Euphronios as painter), c. Consider the case of the Euphronios krater. And it was only natural that Hecht, who met True through Vermeule in the early 1970s, would count the rich. The Euphronios krater (also known as the Sarpedon Krater) is a red-figure vase attributed to the famous Greek painter Euphronios and the potter Euxitheos, dating from around 515 BCE. ![]() 05, 2009 Euphronios KraterĮven with the best of intentions, it may be difficult for museums to completely avoid the acquisition of ill-gotten artifacts. The curators were both close to Hecht, who sold the Euphronios krater to the Met.
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