Credits

Funerary Vessel, South Italian, from Apulia. About 350 B.C. Terracotta, h: 110 cm. Red-figured volute krater associated with the Iliupersis Painter. Courtesy of the Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Portrait of Baron Franz von Koller, 1821–26, Vincenzo Abbati. Courtesy of the National Museum, Prague

Page from James Millingen, Peintures antiques et inédites de vases grecs, tirées de diverses collections, Rome, 1813

Drawing from M. Raoul-Rochette, Monumens inédits d’antiquité figurée, grecque, étrusque et romaine, Paris, 1833

This interactive was created in conjunction with the exhibition Dangerous Perfection: Funerary Vases from Southern Italy, organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Generous support was provided by the Getty Museum’s Villa Council.

  • Discovery
  • Restoration
  • Forensics
  • Conservation
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