Terracotta Calyx-Krater / Euphronios Krater / Side A, Death and Sleep Carrying the Body of Sarpedon / Red-figure, Archaic; Creation date: ca. 515 BCE

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Work Title: Terracotta Calyx-Krater; Euphronios Krater
View Title: Side A, Death and Sleep Carrying the Body of Sarpedon
Creator/Culture: painter: signed by Euphronios (Greek, c. 520-470 BCE); potter: signed by Euxitheos (Greek, c. 515 BCE)
Site/Repository: Repository: on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, USA) ID: L2006.10 (1972.11.10)
Period/Date: Red-figure, Archaic; Creation date: ca. 515 BCE
Media/Technique: terracotta
Dimensions: height: 45.7 cm (17.99 inches), diameter: 55.1 cm (21.69 inches)
Subjects: Red-figure; Death; Sleep (Allegory); Euphronius, fl. 520-470 B.C.; Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles); Calyx kraters; Male nudes
Work Record ID: 214818
Image Record ID: 715905
Classification Filing Number: 431J; ME89; 14DS 3; cop.2

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 715905
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-715905/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 715905. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-715905/1. April 18, 2024.