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Painter of Vatican 365

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The Painter of Vatican 365 is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the third quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from a vase found in Cerveteri (Rome, Vatican A365; BAPD 301601) depicting the Battle of Gods and Giants. Other subjects are chariots, warriors, and Herakles. Mainly a painter of the amphora, findspots for these vases are in Etruria and Cyprus.
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Swing Painter

Definition
The Swing Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 540-520 BCE. The name derives from an amphora (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 98.918; BAPD 301521) showing a woman on a swing. Shapes are different amphora types, including the Panathenaic amphora. Scenes include both myth and everyday life: Herakles, Gigantomachy, centaurs, Amazons, Dionysos, warriors, riders, athletes, and revelers ("komasts"). Many vases have been found in Etruria, as well as Greece, Sicily, Cyrene, and Miletos.
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Pharos Painter

Definition
The Pharos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 540-520 BCE. The name derives from vases with scenes of two women sharing a cloak (“pharos”). Frequently painting the lekythos, compositions consist of a central panel on the body of the vase. Findspots include Locri (south Italy), Rhodes, and the Athenian Kerameikos.
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Bmn Painter

Definition
The BMN Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 550-510 BCE, who worked with the potter Nikosthenes. The acronym derives from “British Museum Nikosthenes” and refers to a neck amphora from Agrigento with Nikosthenes signed as potter ("epoiesen") (London, British Museum B295; BAPD 302838). The painter decorated the amphora and Little Master cups, as well the hydria and oinochoe. Subjects are youths, athletes, warriors, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Herakles. Known findspots are in Etruria, Sicily, and Greece.
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Elbows Out

Definition
Elbows Out is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 550-530 BCE. The name derives from the exaggerated arm gestures of the figures. Like the Affecter, Elbows Out is classified as a mannerist painter. Shapes include band-cups, lip-cups, the skyphos, lekythos, and amphora. Subjects are animals, youths, women, and erotic scenes. Examples have been discovered in the Black Sea, Etruria, Naukratis, and Greece.
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Lysippides Painter

Definition
The Lysippides Painter is the conventional name Sir John Beazley (1885-1970) applied to the individual who he believed painted the black-figure work of the red-figure painter known as the Andokides Painter (see Andokides Painter [Black-figure]; see Andokides Painter [Red-figure]; see Andokides potter [Black-figure]) (ca. 530-515 BCE). It is still debated as to whether they are two artists with identical style or the same artist working in two techniques. Scholars believe the painter to be a student of Exekias.
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Mastos Painter

Definition
The Mastos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 530 BCE. The name derives from a mastos (breast-shaped cup) (Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum 391; BAPD 302277). Other shapes are the amphora and hydria. Subjects include Dionysos, Herakles, warriors, and the symposion. Findspots are the Athenian Acropolis and Etruria.
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Wraith Painter

Definition
The Wraith Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the third quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from the ghost-like style of the figures on the vases. Shapes are cups and the lekythos, and subjects include warriors, riders, Dionysos and followers, and Amazons. Findspots are the Athenian Acropolis, Thasos, Italy, Sicily, and France.
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Painter of The Nicosia Olpe

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The Painter of the Nicosia Olpe is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 500 BCE. The name derives from a vase (Nicosia, Cyprus Museum C 809; BAPD 330183) showing a man, woman, and youth. Other shapes are cups, the lekythos, and small amphora. Scenes include chariots, arming, men with spears, riders, Herakles, Theseus and the Minotaur, Birth of Athena, and Ajax and Cassandra. Findspots are Italy, Sicily, Cyrene, Naukratis, and Greece.
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Bucci Painter

Definition
The Bucci Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the late 6th c. BCE. The name derives from an amphora formerly in a private collection (now New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art 2033 [16.38]; 301635) showing Herakles and Hermes between columns. Mainly a painter of the amphora, subjects include chariots, youths, departures, and Herakles. Findspots are Vulci, Taranto, and Kamiros (Rhodes).
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Acheloos Painter

Definition
The Acheloos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active from the end of the 6th c. BCE who is associated with the Leagros Group. The name derives from an amphora found at Vulci (Berlin, Antikensammlung F1851; BAPD 302396) depicting Herakles and Acheloos. Shapes include the neck amphora, lekythos, and hydria. Subjects are mythological with many featuring Herakles. Findspots include Vulci, Cerveteri, and sites in southern Italy and Sicily.
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Chiusi Painter

Definition
The Chiusi Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the last quarter of the 6th c. BCE who is associated with the Leagros Group. The name derives from an amphora found at Chiusi (Chiusi, National Archaeological Museum 1812; BAPD 302092) showing Ajax and Achilles. Shapes are mainly large vessels, including the amphora, hydria, and column krater. Scenes feature Herakles and Dionysos with followers. Findspots are Etruria, southern Italy, and Athens.
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Euphiletos Painter

Definition
The Euphiletos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the last quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from an inscription “Euphiletos kalos” (“Euphiletos is beautiful”) on a Panathenaic amphora from Vulci (London, British Museum B134; BAPD 301687) showing a pentathlon. Other shapes include the neck amphora, hydria, belly amphora (Type B), oinochoe, and plaques. Scenes include athletes, chariots, Herakles, Dionysos, and weddings. Findspots are many sites in Etruria, the Athenian Acropolis, and Cyprus.
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Madrid Painter

Definition
The Madrid Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the last quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from a hydria in Madrid (Madrid, Archaeological Museum 10913; BAPD 301766) showing the Struggle for the Delphic Tripod. Shapes are the hydria, neck amphora, and column krater. Scenes include Ajax and Achilles, Dionysos, and Herakles. Findspots are Vulci and other sites in Etruria, Nola, Syracuse, and Athens.
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Priam Painter

Definition
The Priam Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the last quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from a hydria discovered in Etruria (Madrid, Archaeological Museum 10920; BAPD 301795) showing Priam beside a chariot. Shapes are the amphora in different forms and the hydria. Scenes include chariots, Herakles, Dionysos, battles, and hoplites. Findspots are sites in Etruria and Sicily.
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Rycroft Painter

Definition
The Rycroft Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the last quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from an amphora (Type A) discovered in Vulci, formerly in the Rycroft collection (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 1965.118; BAPD 301824), showing Leto on one side and Apollo and Artemis on the other. The painter is thought to be related to the Priam Painter and to Psiax. Shapes include the amphora in different forms, kraters, and the hydria. Scenes are of chariots, Herakles, Dionysos, and the Ransom of Hector. Findspots are sites in Etruria, Sicily, Athens (Agora, Acropolis), and Cyrene.
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Nikoxenos Painter

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The Nikoxenos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter, affiliated with the Leagros Group, active late 6th and early 5th c. BCE. The painter also produced red-figure and bilingual vases (see Nikoxenos Painter [red-figure]). The name derives from a Panathenaic amphora from Capua, Italy (Oxford, Mississippi University Museum 1977.3.115; BAPD 202964) with “Nikoxenos kalos” (“Nikoxenos is beautiful”) inscribed on Athena’s shield. Black-figure shapes include the neck amphora, hydria, and pelike. Scenes are of Dionysos, Athena, Herakles and Amazons, soldiers arming, the fountain-house, Perseus and Medusa, and the Judgment of Paris. Findspots are Etruria, southern Italy, Athens, Marathon, and northern Greece.
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Nikoxenos Painter

Definition
The Nikoxenos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active late 6th to early 5th c. BCE and affiliated with the Leagros Group. The painter also produced black-figure and bilingual vases (see Nikoxenos Painter [black-figure]). The name derives from a Panathenaic amphora from Capua, Italy (Oxford, Mississippi University Museum 1977.3.115; BAPD 202964) with “Nikoxenos kalos” (“Nikoxenos is beautiful”) inscribed on Athena’s shield. Other shapes are the amphora, hydria, and pelike. Subjects include the Death of Priam, Perseus and Medusa, and religion. Findspots are sites in Etruria (Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri), the Athenian Acropolis, Aegina, and Naukratis.
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Athena Painter

Definition
The Athena Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 490-460 BCE. The name derives from a preference for showing scenes of Athena. A few red-figure vases have been connected to this painter, who is perhaps the same artist as the Bowdoin Painter (see Bowdoin Painter [red-figure]). White-ground vases by the painter or from the painter’s workshop are attributed to the Sèvres Class. The main shapes are the lekythos and oinochoe. Findspots are Eretria, Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Rhodes, Etruria, southern Italy, and Sicily.
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Daybreak Painter

Definition
The Daybreak Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter associated with the Leagros Group, active ca. 520 to 500 BCE. The name derives from a lekythos from Eretria (Athens, National Museum 513; BAPD 302371) showing Helios rising from the sea. Shapes are the lekythos, oinochoe, olpe, and hydria. Other scenes include Odysseus and Circe, Herakles, warriors, the symposion, and Dionysos. Findspots are Rhodes, Etruria, southern Italy, and Sicily.
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Cactus Painter

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The Cactus Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter ca. 510-500 BCE. Named for a distinct style of palmette tendrils, this is mainly a painter of the lekythos. Scenes include Herakles, Ajax and Achilles, horsemen, and youths. Findspots are Eretria and Thebes.
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Gela Painter

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The Gela Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active during the late 6th and early 5th c. BCE, who sometimes applies black-figure to white-ground. The name derives from vases discovered at Gela in southern Sicily. Shapes are the lekythos, olpe, and oinochoe. Scenes are Dionysian, Herakles, the symposion, warriors, and athletes. Many vases have been discovered in the western Greek colonies.
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Edinburgh Painter

Definition
The Edinburgh Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 500 BCE, who sometimes applies white-ground to black-figure. The name derives from a lekythos (Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum L224.379; BAPD 380848) showing the Ransom of Hector. The painter has been connected to the Leagros Group and the Dot-Band Class. The lekythos is the main shape, as well as the amphora and small hydria. Scenes include myths, chariots, warriors, Herakles, Athena, and Dionysos. Findspots are Gela and other sites in Sicily, Athens (Kerameikos, Agora, Acropolis), Etruria and southern Italy, Cyrene, and Xanthos (Turkey).
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Theseus Painter

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The Theseus Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active late 6th and early 5th c. BCE who sometimes uses white-ground and Six’s technique. The name derives from the painter’s fondness for the hero Theseus. Primarily a painter of the skyphos and lekythos, other shapes are the oinochoe, loutrophoros, alabastron, and pelike. Scenes include Dionysos, Herakles, warriors, revelers ("komasts"), youths, athletes, and prothesis (laying out the body of the deceased). Findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Thasos, Taranto, Rhodes, Delos, and Corinth.
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Marathon Painter

Definition
The Marathon Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter connected with the Class of Athens 581 and active in the early 5th c. BCE. A lekythos painter, the name derives from vessels deposited with the Athenian dead after the Battle of Marathon. Scenes are chariots, Dionysos, Herakles, and Athena. Findspots other than Marathon are Sicily, Thebes, Olympia, Rhodes, and southern Italy.
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Sappho Painter

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The Sappho Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the late 6th and early 5th c. BCE who uses white-ground with black-figure. The name derives from a hydria (Warsaw, National Museum 142333; BAPD 510) in Six’s technique depicting Sappho (inscribed) playing the lyre. Other shapes are the lekythos, column krater, loutrophoros, epinetron, alabastron, mastos, and plaque. Scenes include chariots, Herakles, Athena, and funerary themes. Findspots are Athens (Agora, Kerameikos, Acropolis), Eleusis, Corinth, Vari, Phaleron, and sites in Italy.
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Diosphos Painter

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The Diosphos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the first half of the 5th c. BCE. The name derives from the inscription “kalos Diosphos” (“Diosphos is beautiful”) on a small neck amphora (Paris, Cabinet des Médailles 219; BAPD 305526) showing the Birth of Dionysos. The Diosphos Painter also worked in white-ground and Six’s technique. Mainly a lekythos painter, other shapes are the neck amphora, alabastron, kyathos, and epinetron. Scenes include representations of myths (Amazons, Herakles, Memnon), chariots, warriors, and Dionysos. Findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Kerameikos, Agora), Corinth, Perachora, sites in Italy and Sicily, and Rhodes.
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Haimon Painter

Definition
The Haimon Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 490-460 BCE. The name derives from several scenes showing the Sphinx and her victim (Haimon, son of Creon and Eurydice). Many vases apply white-ground or silhouette techniques. The main shape is the lekythos, including the “chimney lekythos,” as well as the skyphos, mastoid cup, oinochoe, hydria, and pyxis. Scenes include chariots, Dionysos and followers, Athena, and Herakles. Findspots are widespread: Athens (Kerameikos, Agora, Acropolis), sites across Greece, Italy and Sicily, Ampurias (Spain), Miletus, Al Mina (north Syria), Cyrene, and the Black Sea.
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Beldam Painter

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The Beldam Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the second quarter of the 5th c. BCE, who also uses added white and white-ground. The name derives from a lekythos found in Eretria (Athens, National Museum 1129; BAPD 352144) showing satyrs torturing a woman described by Emilie Haspels (1894-1980) as a “beldam.” The main shape is the lekythos of different types, including the “chimney lekythos” and pattern lekythos, the skyphos, alabastron, kantharos, and bell krater. Scenes include Amazons, centaurs, satyrs, and maenads. Findspots are Athens (Kerameikos, Agora) and Attica, Corinth, Eretria, Perachora, Boeotia, Argos, Olympia, sites in Italy and Sicily, Ampurias (Spain), the Black Sea, and Pitane (modern Turkey).
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Red-line Painter

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The Red-Line Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active late 6th to early 5th c. BCE. The name derives from the red bands painted below the main composition. Shapes are the neck amphora, oinochoe, hydria, olpe, and pelike. Scenes include Dionysos and followers, Herakles, chariots, the symposion, and warriors. Findspots are Vulci, Spina, Sicily (Morgantina, Gela, Agrigento, Selinus), the Athenian Agora, Cyrene, and Cyprus.
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Camel Painter

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The Camel Painter is a black-figure painter active in the mid-6th c. BCE. There is debate about whether the painter is Athenian or Boeotian. The name derives from a skyphos (Munich, Antikensammlungen 2008; BAPD 310291) showing youths with a camel. Other scenes are athletes and Ajax with the body of Achilles. Shapes are the skyphos and cups. Findspots include sites in Boeotia and Miletus.
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Euthymides

Definition
Euthymides is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 515-500 BCE, who signed as both painter (“egrapsen”) and potter (“epoiesen”). Euthymides is considered a member of the Pioneer Group, along with Euphronios, Phintias, and other vase-painters. One of the best known works is an amphora (Munich, Antikensammlungen 2307; BAPD 200160) featuring revelers (“komasts”) and the inscription “as never Euphronios.” Shapes include different amphora types, the hydria, and cups. Scenes are Dionysos and followers, other gods, athletes, Theseus, Herakles, and the symposion. Some findspots are Vulci and other sites in Etruria, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), sites in Sicily and southern Italy, and Vix (France).
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Andokides Painter (black-figure)

Definition
The Andokides Painter (sometimes referred to as the Lysippides Painter [Red-figure]) is an Athenian black-figure painter active during the second half of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed by Andokides as potter ("epoiesen"). Though known for using the black-figure technique, the painter is also considered the first to regularly work in the red-figure technique after its invention ca. 530-520 BCE (see Andokides Painter [Red-figure]). As a black-figure vase-painter, the artist is best known for bilingual vases (decorated with the same scene on both sides, one in red-figure and the other in black-figure). It remains unclear whether the bilingual vases were painted by a single artist or by two. Shapes are mainly the amphora and cups, and scenes are mythological (Ajax and Achilles, Herakles, Dionysos). Findspots are Vulci, Orvieto, other sites in Italy, and the Athenian Acropolis.
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Andokides Painter (red-figure)

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The Andokides Painter (sometimes referred to as the Lysippides Painter) is an Athenian red-figure painter active during the second half of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed by Andokides as potter ("epoiesen"). Though known for using the black-figure technique, the painter is also considered the first to work regularly in the red-figure technique after its invention ca. 530-520 BCE (see Andokides Painter [Black-figure]; for the potter, see Andokides [Black-figure]; see Lysippides Painter [Black-figure]). As a red-figure vase-painter, the artist is best known for bilingual vases (decorated with the same scene on both sides: one in red-figure and the other in black-figure). It remains unclear whether the bilingual vases were painted by a single artist or by two. Shapes are mainly the amphora and cups, and scenes are mythological (Ajax and Achilles, Herakles, Dionysos). Findspots include Vulci, Orvieto, other sites in Italy, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), and Perachora.
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Psiax

Definition
Psiax is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 525-500 BCE. The painter also works in the red-figure technique (see Psiax [red-figure]) and sometimes paints on white-ground. Formerly known as the Menon Painter, the name Psiax appears alone on black-figure examples, and as painter ("egrapsen") on some red-figure vases. Shapes include the kyathos, amphora, hydria, plates, and the alabastron. Scenes derive from both stock (youths, warriors, women dancing) and myth (Herakles, Dionysos, Amazons). Findspots are sites in Etruria, Xanthos (Turkey), Sicily, and Greece.
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Psiax

Definition
Psiax is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 525-500 BCE, who also worked in the black-figure technique (see Psiax [Black-figure]) and sometimes painted on white-ground. Formerly known as the Menon Painter, Psiax signs as painter ("egrapsen") on some red-figure vases or simply as “Psiax” in black-figure. Shapes include cups, the amphora, alabastron, and mastoid. Scenes derive from both stock (youths, warriors, women dancing) and myth (Herakles, Dionysos, Amazons). Findspots include the Athenian Acropolis, sites in Etruria, and Kerch.
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Paseas

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Paseas (sometimes known as the Cerberus Painter) is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 525-510 BCE. The painter also painted in red-figure (see Paseas [Red-figure]) and usually painted on white-ground. The name derives from a black-figure pinax (plaque) dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Acr. 2583; BAPD 301992), inscribed: “one of the paintings of Paseas.” It belongs to a series dedicated to Athena that feature the goddess, in one instance alongside Herakles. Other findspots are the Athenian Agora, Chiusi, Taranto, Vulci, and Cerveteri.
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Paseas

Definition
Paseas (sometimes known as the Cerberus Painter) is an Athenian red-figure vase-painter active ca. 525-510 BCE, who also painted in black-figure (see Paseas [Black-figure]) and usually painted on white-ground. The name derives from a black-figure pinax (plaque) dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, Akr. National Museum 1.2583; BAPD 301992), inscribed: “one of the paintings of Paseas.” It belongs to a series of plaques dedicated to Athena that features the goddess. The painter’s red-figure work consists mostly of cups and plates. Other red-figure shapes are the lekythos and alabastron. Findspots include sites in Etruria and the Athenian Acropolis.
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Goluchow Painter

Definition
The Goluchow Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active in the late 6th c. BCE. The name derives from an olpe from Cerveteri (Warsaw, National Museum 142463, ex Goluchow; BAPD 200045) showing a discus thrower. The other shape is the oinochoe, and scenes are of athletes, a satyr, and musicians. Other findspots are Vulci and Athens.
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Dikaios Painter

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The Dikaios Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter and part of the Pioneer Group active in the late 6th c. BCE. A few Athenian black-figure vases have also been attributed to this painter. The name derives from the inscription “Dikaios kalos” (“Dikaios is beautiful”) on an amphora decorated with youths and warriors (Paris, Louvre G45; BAPD 200167). Shapes are the hydria, amphora, and krater. Other scenes include the Struggle for the Delphic Tripod, erotic scenes, and dance. Findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Tarquinia, Bologna), the Athenian Acropolis, Xanthos (Turkey), and Agrigento.
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Sosias Painter

Definition
The Sosias Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter and part of the Pioneer Group active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Sosias on a cup from Vulci (Berlin, Antikensammlung F2278; BAPD 200108) showing Achilles and Patroklos on the interior and the introduction of Herakles to Olympus on the exterior. Shapes are stands, plates, and cups. Other scenes include a winged female and a satyr. Another findspot is the Athenian Acropolis.
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Epiktetos

Definition
Epiktetos is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 520-490 BCE who painted bilingual cups (black-figure interior, red-figure exterior). The name is inscribed on vases as both potter (“epoiesen”) and painter (“egrapsen”). The painter is thought to have decorated vases for the potters Hischylos, Python, Pistoxenos, and the Nikosthenes-Pamphaios workshop. Other shapes are plates, kraters, the askos, oinochoe, and pelike. Scenes include satyrs, centaurs, Herakles and Busiris, the symposion, erotic scenes, athletes, and male revelers (“komasts”). Some findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Etruscan sites (Vulci, Gravisca, Cerveteri, Adria), and a shipwreck off the coast of Gela (Sicily).
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Pheidippos

Definition
Pheidippos is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 525-515 BCE who mainly painted bilingual cups (black-figure interior, red-figure exterior). The name is inscribed as painter (“egrapsen”) on an eye-cup from Vulci (London, British Museum E6; BAPD 200378) showing athletes. The painter collaborated with the potter Hischylos (see Hischylos Painter [Red-figure]). Other subjects are warriors, riders, Dionysos, and revelers (“komasts”). The only known findspot is Vulci.
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Thaliarchos Painter

Definition
The Thaliarchos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active in the late 6th c. BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Thaliarchos kalos” (“Thaliarchos is beautiful”) on a pyxis lid from Athens (Paris, Petit Palais 382; BAPD 200657) showing a helmet-maker. The pyxis lid is the preferred shape. Other subjects include satyrs, Athena’s head, and a dwarf. Findspots are Athens (Acropolis, unspecified sites), Megara, and Monte Lato (Sicily).
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Bowdoin-eye Painter

Definition
The Bowdoin-Eye Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-500 BCE who painted bilingual cups (black-figure interior, red-figure exterior). The name derives from a cup from Cerveteri (Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College 1913.2; BAPD 200369) showing athletes on the exterior and interior. Other subjects are warriors, satyrs and maenads, and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots include sites in Etruria (Vulci, Roselle), the Athenian Acropolis, and Olbia (Black Sea).
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Scheurleer Painter

Definition
The Scheurleer Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active in the late 6th c. BCE, who also painted bilingual cups (black-figure interior, red-figure exterior). The name derives from a cup in the Scheurleer Collection (Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum 997; BAPD 200319) showing athletes. Other subjects include warriors, satyrs, and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots are Vulci, Gravisca, and Olbia (Black Sea).
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Delos Painter

Definition
The Delos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-500 BCE. The name derives from a cup found in Delos (Delos, Archaeological Museum 652; BAPD 201559) showing a satyr and maenad on one side and a fight on the other. Other subjects include Dionysos and Herakles. Other findspots are the Athenian Agora and Gravisca.
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Winchester Painter

Definition
The Winchester Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-500 BCE. The name derives from an eye-cup (Winchester, UK, Winchester College 42; BAPD 200403) showing jumpers on the exterior and a satyr on the interior. Satyrs and athletes appear on other cups. Findspots are Greece and Vulci.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Hischylos Painter

Definition
The Hischylos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 525-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Hischylos on several examples. Other than the cup, shapes include the column krater and bell krater. Subjects are warriors and athletes. Findspots are Vulci, Taranto, and the Athenian Acropolis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Skythes

Definition
Skythes is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-505 BCE who painted bilingual cups (black-figure with coral red exterior, red-figure interior). The name Skythes (“the Scythian”) is inscribed as painter (“egrapsen”) on several vases. Subjects include Herakles, Theseus, athletes, revelers (“komasts”), Dionysos and followers, and warriors. Findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Boeotia, Aegina, and sites in Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri, Chiusi, Gravisca).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Pedieus Painter

Definition
The Pedieus Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active in the late 6th c. BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Pedieus kalos” (“Pedieus is beautiful”) on several examples. Subjects include Amazons, horsemen, warriors, and women. Findspots are Thebes, Athens, Camiros (Rhodes), and sites in Etruria (Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Gravisca).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Nikosthenes Painter

Definition
The Nikosthenes Painter (also known as the Painter of Sleep and Death) is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Nikosthenes on several examples (see Nikosthenes [Black-figure]). Shapes are cups, the skyphos, kantharos, pyxis, and neck amphora. Subjects include athletes, satyrs and maenads, revelers (“komasts”), warriors, Herakles, Hermes and cattle, and Odysseus under the ram. Some findspots are Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Gravisca, Orvieto, Tarquinia), Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Naukratis, Clazomenae, Marseille, and Leuke (Black Sea).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Euergides Painter

Definition
The Euergides Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 515-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Euergides on several examples. Shapes are cups and the alabastron. Subjects include warriors, women, athletes, satyrs and maenads, hunting, Theseus and the Minotaur, Achilles and Ajax, and revelers (“komasts”). The painter also places sphinxes, griffins, and winged horses near the cup handles. A notable example is the cup dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Akr. 2.166; BAPD 200761) showing Athena watching metalworkers. Other findspots are the Athenian Agora, Thasos, Eretria, Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri, Gravisca), Kerch, and Naukratis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Epeleios Painter

Definition
The Epeleios Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 515-500 BCE. The name derives from the appellation “Epeleios” inscribed on several vases. Subjects include revelers (“komasts”), sacrifice, satyrs and maenads, athletes, and youths with horses. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Gravisca, Chiusi, Roselle), Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Selinus, and Olbia.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Pasiades

Definition
The Pasiades Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 520-500 BCE, associated with the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra. The name derives from the potter (“epoiesen”) who signs as Pasiades on several examples. The name Pasiades inscribed as painter (“egrapsen”) on a white lekythos from the Athenian Agora (Athens, Agora Museum AP 422; BAPD 200898) is not considered to be the same artist as the Pasiades Painter. Subjects include Penthesilea, women, and maenads. Known findspots are Attica, Delphi, and Marion (Cyprus).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Hermaios Painter

Definition
The Hermaios Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-510 BCE, formerly said to be related to the Severeano Group. The name derives from the potter (“epoiesen”) who signs as Hermaios on several examples. Subjects appearing on the cup interior include Dionysos, revelers (“komasts”), the symposion, athletes, warriors, riders, and Amazons. Findspots are Athens (Agora, unspecified sites), Marion (Cyprus), Etruria (Vulci, Chiusi, Cerveteri), and Naukratis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Chelis Painter

Definition
The Chelis Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 515-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter (“epoiesen”) who signs as Chelis. Subjects are Dionysos and followers, and the known findspots are in Etruria.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Thalia Painter

Definition
The Thalia Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 520-500 BCE that painted a bilingual cup (black-figure interior, red-figure exterior). The name derives from the appellation “Thalia” inscribed on a cup from Vulci (Berlin, Antikensammlung 3251; Florence, Archaeological Museum, 1B49; BAPD 200964) showing an erotic scene. Other subjects include Dionysos and followers, athletes, warriors, and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots are Chiusi and the Athenian Acropolis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Epidromos Painter

Definition
The Epidromos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Epidromos kalos” (“Epidromos is beautiful”) on several cups. Subjects include the symposion, sacrifice, Dionysos and followers, athletes, warriors, and Herakles. Findspots are sites in Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Chiusi) and Spina.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Apollodoros

Definition
Apollodoros is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active in the late 6th c. BCE. The name derives from the painter (“egrapsen”) who signs as Apollodoros on a fragmentary cup (Rome, Villa Giulia, ex Castle Ashby; BAPD 201006) showing warriors. Other scenes include Dionysos and followers, the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), religion, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Some findspots are sites in Etruria (Cerveteri, Orvieto, Gravisca, Tarquinia, Vulci) and the Athenian Acropolis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Elpinikos Painter

Definition
The Elpinikos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active in the early 5th c. BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Elpinikos kalos” (“Elpinikos is beautiful”) on several examples. Subjects include Menelaus and Helen, the symposion, and youths. Findspots are sites in Etruria (Orvieto, Vulci, Cerveteri).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Ambrosios Painter

Definition
The Ambrosios Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the appellation “Ambrosios'' inscribed on the interior of a cup (Orvieto, Museo Civico, Faina 62; BAPD 201580) showing warriors and athletes on the exterior and a reveler (“komast”) on the interior. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, Nessos and Deianira, the symposion, Herakles, athletes, fishing, and hunting. Findspots include sites in Etruria (Orvieto, Cerveteri, Vulci, Gravisca), Athens (Acropolis, Agora), and Naukratis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Kiss Painter

Definition
The Kiss Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from scenes of a youth and girl embracing. Other subjects are athletes and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots are sites in Etruria (Chiusi, Arezzo).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Salting Painter

Definition
The Salting Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the previous owner (Walter Salting) of a cup (London, Victoria and Albert Museum C2 496.1910; BAPD 201631) showing an athlete with a discus on the interior. Other scenes include warriors and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots are mainland Greece (Corinth, Atalanti), Etruria, Rome, and Naukratis.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Carpenter Painter

Definition
The Carpenter Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 515-500 BCE. The name derives from a cup found in Chuisi (London, British Museum E23; BAPD 201642) showing a carpenter on its interior. Though primarily a cup painter, a hydria has been attributed to the same painter. Subjects include revelers (“komasts”), the symposion, youths, Herakles, satyrs, and hunting. Findspots are sites in Etruria (Orvieto, Vulci), and a cup “near” the painter stylistically was found in Corinth.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Hegesiboulos Painter

Definition
The Hegesiboulos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 510-500 BCE. The name derives from the potter (“epoisen”) who signs as Hegesiboulos on a cup (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 07.286.47; BAPD 201603) showing a man and his dog (surrounded by coral-red) on the interior and a symposion and komos on the exterior. A fragment of an unidentified shape from the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum 2.538; BAPD 201604) showing a symposion has been connected to the painter.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Oinanthe Painter

Definition
The Oinanthe Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-450 BCE and a member of the Mannerist Group. The name derives from the inscription “Oinanthe kale” (“Oinanthe is beautiful”) on a hydria found at Vulci (London, British Museum E182; BAPD 206695) showing the Birth of Erichthonios. Other shapes are the column krater, pelike, and hydria. Scenes include Theseus and gods and goddesses. Findspots are Norcia (southern Italy) and Vulci.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Pithos Painter

Definition
The Pithos Painter is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active at the end of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from the storage vessel (pithos) represented in several scenes. Subjects include youths, satyrs, warriors, archers, athletes, and the symposion. Findspots are Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Camiros (Rhodes), Chios, Rhitsona, Perachora, Delos, Olynthos, Adria, Gela, Naukratis, Al Mina, sites in Israel, Olbia, and the River Thames (Reading, UK).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Siren Painter

Definition
The Siren Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a stamnos from Vulci (London, British Museum E440; BAPD 202628) showing Odysseus and the Sirens. Shapes are the pelike and stamnos. Subjects include Herakles and Deianira, Perseus and a Gorgon, and the Struggle for the Delphic Tripod. Findspots are Vulci and perhaps Cerveteri.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Syriskos

Definition
The Syriskos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter connected to the Syriskos Group, active ca. 470’s BCE and earlier, who uses white-ground. The name (meaning “Little Syrian”) derives from the signature as potter (“epoiesen”) on an astragalos (knucklebone-shaped vase) (Rome, Villa Giulia 866; BAPD 202749), showing Nike, Eros, and a lion. Shapes are the pelike, rhyton in the shape of a ram’s head, kantharos in the shape of a woman’s head, amphora, krater, alabastron, psykter, hydria, and lekythos. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, the symposion, warriors, athletes, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Some findspots are the Athenian Acropolis, Tanagra, sites in Etruria (Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Orvieto), southern Italy, Sicily, Naukratis, and Ampurias (Spain).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Tyszkiewicz Painter

Definition
The Tyszkiewicz Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 490-470 BCE. The name derives from a calyx krater from Vulci formerly in the Tyszkiewicz Collection (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 97.368; BAPD 202631) showing Achilles and Memnon on one side and Diomedes and Aeneas on the other. Shapes are kraters in different forms, the amphora in different forms, the pelike, stamnos, and hydria. Subjects include the Trojan War, Dionysos and followers, the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), Amazons, Theseus, and the Gigantomachy. Some findspots are Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Tarquinia), Spina, Falerii, sites in Sicily, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Histria (Romania), and Kerch.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Troilos Painter

Definition
The Troilos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-460 BCE who painted using black-figure. The name derives from a hydria from Vulci (London, British Museum 99.7-21.4; BAPD 203082) showing Troilos and Polyxena. Shapes are the amphora, stamnos, pelike, calyx krater, hydria, and lekythos. Subjects include the Struggle for the Delphic Tripod, gods and goddesses, Herakles and Busiris, the Death of Orpheus, the Gigantomachy, and athletes. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri), Orvieto, Nola, and Duvanlij (Thrace).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Matsch Painter

Definition
The Matsch Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from the former collector of a pelike (Pennsylvania, Private Collection; BAPD 202568) showing a man with a staff and a woman with a basket. Other shapes are the neck amphora and column krater. Subjects include Herakles and Geras (“old age”), Dionysos and followers, and warriors. Findspots are Padula (southern Italy) and Cerveteri.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Nikon Painter

Definition
The Nikon Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-450 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Nikon kalos” or “kalos Nikon” (“Nikon is beautiful”) on several examples. Also attributed to the painter is a white-ground lekythos from Eretria (Brussels, Musées Royaux A1019; BAPD 207607) showing a mistress and maid.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Perseus Painter

Definition
The Perseus Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-450 BCE, and a member of the Mannerist Group. The name derives from a hydria found at Vulci (Berlin, Antikensammlung F2377; BAPD 206718) showing Athena and Perseus. Other shapes are the pelike, neck amphora, loutrophoros, lebes gamikos, and krater. Scenes include Dionysos and satyrs, other gods and goddesses, herms, and funerary scenes. Findspots are the Athenian Agora, Camiros (Rhodes), Cyrenaica (Libya), sites southern Italy, and Etruria (Vulci, Cortona).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Python

Definition
Greek potter, active ca. 500-480 BCE in Athens, Greece.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Painter of The Paris Gigantomachy

Definition
The Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-460 BCE. The name derives from a cup found at Vulci (Paris, Cabinet de Médailles 573; BAPD 204546) showing the Gigantomachy on the interior and exterior. Shapes are primarily the cup, but also the lekythos, oinochoe, and neck amphora. Subjects include athletes, revelers (“komasts”), centaurs, satyrs, the symposion, and religion. Some findspots include Adria, Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Chiusi), Nola, Gela, the Athenian Agora, Tanagra, and Ampurias (Spain).
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Triptolemos Painter

Definition
The Triptolemos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter (and perhaps potter) active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a stamnos found at Vulci (Paris, Louvre G187; BAPD 203793) showing Triptolemos, Demeter, and Persephone on one side. Shapes are kraters, the stamnos, amphora, oinochoe, pelike, hydria, alabastron, skyphos, and cup (kylix). Subjects include athletes, warriors, revelers (“komasts”), the symposion, erotic scenes, religion, Dionysos and followers, musicians, Herakles, and Theseus. Some findspots are Adria, Etruria (Cerveteri, Orvieto, Tarquinia, Vulci), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Rheneia (Delos), and Berezan.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Providence Painter

Definition
The Providence Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 475-450 BCE. The name derives from a neck amphora (Providence, Rhode Island School of Design 15.005; BAPD 207352) showing Apollo with a kithara. Other shapes are the Panathenaic amphora, hydria, lebes gamikos, stamnos, lekythos, oinochoe, column krater, and cups. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, other gods and goddesses, the Apotheosis of Herakles, women (domestic activities, pursuit scenes), athletes, warriors, revelers (“komasts”), and a wedding. Some findspots are Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Eretria, Thebes, Ampurias (Spain), and Al Mina.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Painter of The Birth of Athena

Definition
The Painter of the Birth of Athena is an Athenian red-figure painter active in the first half of the 5th c. BCE. The name derives from a pelike found at Vulci (London, British Museum E410; BAPD 205560) showing the Birth of Athena. Shapes are the pelike and the stamnos. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, gods and goddesses, and funerary scenes. Other findspots are Cerveteri and the Athenian Agora.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Tithonos Painter

Definition
The Tithonos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 500-480 BCE. The name derives from a neck amphora from Suessula (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 03.816; BAPD 203171) showing Eos and Tithonos. Other shapes are the lekythos and stamnos. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), warriors, religion, and athletes. Findspots are Eretria, Kydonia (Crete), Adria, Vulci, Nola, Gela, and Syracuse.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Oionokles Painter

Definition
The Oionokles Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Oionokles kalos” (“Oionokles is beautiful”) on several examples. Shapes are the neck amphora, lekythos, loutrophoros, and column krater. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), warriors, Eos and Tithonos, the Death of Orpheus, Theseus, and musicians. Findspots are Vulci, sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Rheneia (Delos), Anavysos (Attica), and Athens.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Pig Painter

Definition
The Pig Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-450 BCE and a member of the Mannerist Group. The name derives from a pelike (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 9.17; BAPD 206456) showing men and pigs. Other shapes are the column-krater, hydria, and neck amphora. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), athletes, and Theseus. Some findspots are the Athenian Agora, Corinth, Olympia, Camiros (Rhodes), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Naukratis, and Kerch.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Sokles

Definition
Sokles was an ancient Greek potter, active in the middle of the 6th century BCE, in Athens, who signed Little Masters cups.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Telephos Painter

Definition
The Telephos Painter is an Athenian red figure painter active ca. 470-460 BCE. The name derives from a cup found in eastern Etruria (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 98.931; BAPD 205037) showing Telephos at the palace of Agamemnon. The main shape is the cup, but also the phiale, neck amphora, lekythos, and rhyton in the shape of a donkey head. Subjects include the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), satyrs, athletes, warriors, Eos and Tithonos, and the Ilioupersis. Some findspots are Orvieto, Etruria (Vulci, Tarquinia), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Eretria, Athens (Acropolis, unspecified sites), and Camiros (Rhodes).
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crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Tleson

Definition
Tleson (active around 555-535 BCE) was an Athenian potter and perhaps also a vase painter in the black-figure style. He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and brother of Ergoteles. His workshop apparently produced mostly Little-master cups.
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crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Fitzwilliam Museum

Definition
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge.
Type
crm:E40_Legal_Body, skos:Concept

Tampa Museum of Art

Definition
The Tampa Museum of Art is located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It exhibits modern and contemporary art, as well as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities.
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crm:E40_Legal_Body, skos:Concept

Xenokles

Definition
Attic Black-figure potter, active 560-530 BCE.
Type
crm:E21_Person, skos:Concept

Added Color

Definition
Added color refers to additional pigments that are painted onto a vase’s surface either before or after firing. It is a frequent component of black-figure, red-figure, and white-ground vases. The most commonly added colors are matte white (primary clay with minimal iron oxide) and matte red/purple (mainly red ochre), and occasionally added yellow. Other added colors are vegetable-based greens, blues, and pinks, as well as gold (gilding), and were likely applied after the firing process.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Added Red

Definition
Added red refers to an additional red-colored pigment, typically made of red ochre, that is painted onto a Greek vase before firing. Various tints can result, including brown and purple. Added red is used for details such as blood, clothing, hair fillets, and decorative borders. It is also used for lettering on red-figure vases.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Added White

Definition
Added white refers to an additional white-colored pigment that is painted onto a Greek vase, usually before firing. Most notably, added white is used for the skin coloring of women in the black-figure technique, or as “second white” on white-ground vases. The white pigment comes from natural materials, such as calcareous clay, lead, or perhaps bone.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Black Glaze

Definition
Black glaze, also called “black gloss,” “black-painted,” or “black,” denotes the black slip that is applied to the entire surface of a Greek vase. Black glaze consists of a diluted form of the natural clay that is transformed through a chemical reaction during the firing process (see Black-figure). Surface decoration could include added color, gilding, relief, incision or stamped motifs. It has been suggested that the technique was meant to evoke metal vessels. Athens was the main producer of black glaze vases until c. 400 BCE. Other regions included South Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean, where they were made until the 1st c. BCE.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Black Pattern

Definition
Black pattern is a term sometimes used to describe Athenian vases without human or animal figures. The decoration includes floral, linear, or patterned bands. On some vases, large areas of the surface are painted black with a reserved band for decoration. Examples are dated from the mid-6th through the 4th c. BCE. Other regions producing their own versions of black pattern decoration included Corinth, Boeotia, Laconia, and South Italy.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Black Polychrome

Definition
Black polychrome is a light-on-dark technique where vessels are painted with a black glaze (see Black Glaze) and details are added in other colors, such as red and white. Ornaments or patterns can also be incised. In Athens the technique appears on the phiale in the late 6th c. BCE, and can include floral motifs, animals, or human figures. Those with floral ornamentation probably imitated metal vessels. The technique is related to Six’s Technique (see Six’s Technique), which was also made in Athens. It also resembles East Greek Vroulian ware in some examples. Findspots include the Athenian Acropolis and Eleusis.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Black-figure White Ground

Definition
The use of white-ground (see White-ground) with the black-figure technique (see Black-figure) was pioneered by the Edinburgh Painter (see Edinburgh Painter) during the late 6th c. BCE. A white slip (see Added White) is applied to the surface of the vase onto which human or animal figures are painted using black-figure. Shapes include the lekythos, oinochoe, and small neck-amphora.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Coral Red

Definition
Coral red (or “intentional red”) is the term used to describe a color applied to some vases in the 6th and 5th c. BCE. The color was painted onto entire vases (called “red-bodied” vessels) but did not adhere well to the surface. It is debated whether coral red derives from a mixture of red ochre or comes from a refined form of natural clay and yellow ochre that transforms to coral red when fired. The earliest known example of coral red is a kylix signed as potter (“epoiesen”) by Exekias (Munich, Antikensammlungen 2044; BAPD 310403) showing Dionysos reclining inside a ship on the cup’s interior (see Exekias). The technique appears mostly on small shapes and on a volute krater attributed to the Kleophrades Painter (see Kleophrades Painter).
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Impressed

Definition
Impressed describes decoration that is added by impressing or stamping (see Stamped) designs onto the surface of the vessel before it is painted. In Athens, it first appears around the middle of the 5th c. BCE perhaps in the work of the Sotades Painter (see Painter). The ornament generally consists of small and simple motifs, such as rosettes, concentric circles, palmettes, ovules, and tongues. Impressed and stamped decoration usually appears on drinking vessels.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Outline

Definition
Outline denotes using black lines of clay slip to express the edges of a figure or form, leaving interior areas unpainted or untreated. It is commonly used for details of anatomy on figures, such as eyes, faces, and exposed parts of the body. In Athens, it first appears in the Geometric period (see Geometric) combined with silhouette, then in the Orientalizing period (see Orientalizing), and eventually later as part of the black-figure, red-figure, and white-ground techniques.
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kon:Technique, skos:Concept

Plastic

Definition
Plastic vases (from the German Plastik, meaning sculpture) are mold-made figural vessels taking human, animal, or hybrid forms. While the sculptural elements of a plastic vase are often made in two-part molds, parts can also be modeled by hand or wheel-thrown. This type of vase reached its peak popularity in Athens during the 5th c. BCE. Plastic vases were also produced in Corinth and Boeotia.
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