Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) or stamnos (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.2.219
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Berlin Painter
**The Berlin Painter** (active c. 505–460s BCE) is the conventional name given to one of the most accomplished Attic Greek vase painters of the early Classical period. An anonymous artist whose real name remains unknown, he worked in Athens and is celebrated for his masterful command of the red-figure technique. Over 400 vases and fragments have been attributed to him, many exported to Etruria and...