Death of Sarpedon, painted by Euphronios

Euphronios was a Greek painter and potter of red-figure vases, active in Athens between 520 and 470 BC, the time of the Persian Wars. Very little is known about his life other than what can be derived from the vases he signed (a total of eighteen survive). Early in his career, Euphronios was apparently one of the leading vase-painters in Athens, and is considered foremost among the Pioneer Group of late Archaic painters who developed the red-figure technique. He is particularly admired for his use of foreshortening. His later vases he signed as a potter, rather than as a painter, and they are painted by other major vase-painters of the period. In Greek mythology, Sarpedon referred to several different people. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. ... Red-figure pottery is a style of Greek pottery in which the figure outlines, details and the background are painted black, while the figure itself is not painted. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC Events 529 BC - Cambyses II succeeds his father Cyrus as ruler of Persia. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC - 470 BC - 469 BC 468 BC... Combatants Greek city states, particularly Athens and Sparta Persian Empire Commanders Miltiades Themistocles Leonidas I Pausanias Kimon Pericles Mardonius Datis Artaphernes Xerxes I Megabyzus The Greco-Persian Wars or Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greek world and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and... The archaic period in Greece is the period during which the Greek city-states developed, and is normally taken to cover roughly the 9th century to the 6th century BCE. The Archaic period followed the dark ages, and saw significant advancements in political theory, and the rise of democracy, philosophy... Foreshortening refers to the visual effect or optical illusion that an object or distance is shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer. ...

The "Euphronios krater", one of Euphronios's finest surviving kraters, has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1972, but due to a legal investigation of Robert Hecht, the dealer from whom the Met bought it, the New York Times reports that the museum has agreed to return it to the Italian government, which has claimed ownership for more than 30 years. The Euphronios krater is an ancient Greek bowl used for mixing wine with water which was created around the year 515 BC. It is considered one of the finest Greek vases in existence. ... A krater (Greek κρατηρ, from the Greek verb κεραννυμι, to mix. ... The central lobby of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

References

• Kennedy, Randy, "Met Sending Vase to Italy, Ending 30-Year Dispute," The New York Times February 2, 2006.

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• Vase (signed by Euphronios as painter) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Biography and photograph of a vase (signed by Euphronios as potter) from the J. Paul Getty Museum

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