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The François Vase,, is a large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style. It stands at 66 centimetres in height and was inspired by earlier bronze vases. It was used for wine. A mileston
Attic black-figure volute krater, known as the François vase, ca. 570-565 BCE
Detail: outer side with the Mistress of Animals above a vignette showing Ajax carrying the dead Achilles
Detail: the Calydonian boar hunt
The vase is signed by Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter)
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta, a palace built in 1620 by
François Vase
…tomb in the necropolis of Fonte Rotella was found located in central Italy. It was named after its discoverer Alessandro François, and is now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence. It remains uncertain whether the krater was used in Greece or in Etruria, and whether the handles were broken and repaired in Greece or…
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An Etruscan pavilion at the National Archaeological Museum
Chimera of Arezzo
The François Vase