Piecing together the story of a pair of Makron's fragmented cups

In 2022, an Athenian red-figured cup attributed to Makron was returned to Italy by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The cup had been acquired in fragments, through purchase and gift, from multiple sources over several years, starting with two fragments from the restorer Fritz Burki in 1978. A second cup, also attributed to Makron, was acquired in a parallel way. The sources for the fragments from both cups point to galleries collectors and donors - Summa Galleries, Frieda Tchachos, Elizabeth Hecht, and Dietrich von Bothmer - who have been associated with other material that has been repatriated to Italy in recent years. It is suggested that some of the incised 'signatures' by Hieron that are found on cups attributed to Makron may have been applied since antiquity.

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In 2022, a red-figured cup attributed to Makron was returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The cup was made up of fragments acquired from various sources over several years. Another cup attributed to Makron was also acquired in a similar way. The sources of the fragments from both cups are associated with galleries collectors and donors who have been involved in repatriating other material to Italy.