The vases on view offer a window into the ongoing debate concerning the degree to which ancient artworks should be repaired and repainted. His work exemplifies what one concerned antiquarian described as "dangerous perfection" as such interventions-especially the painted decorations-could be so effective it became difficult to identify what was ancient and what was modern. Displayed following a six-year conservation project at the Antikensammlung Berlin and the Getty Villa, these monumental vessels also reveal the hand of Raffaele Gargiulo, one of the leading restorers of 19th-century Naples. Thirteen elaborately decorated Apulian vases provide a rich opportunity to examine the funerary customs of peoples native to southern Italy and the ways they used Greek myth to comprehend death and the afterlife.
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