Fragment of a terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
last quarter of 4th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 11/16in. (14.6 x 11.9cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, South Italian, Apulian · Late Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number
19.192.81.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Baltimore Painter
**The Baltimore Painter** was a prolific and highly influential Apulian vase painter active in South Italy during the final quarter of the fourth century BCE, roughly 330–310 BCE. As one of the last major figures in the Apulian red-figure tradition, he is widely regarded as the most important Late Apulian vase painter. His conventional name derives from a prominent volute krater now in the Walters...