Kerameikos.org: Kleitias

Kleitias (E21_Person, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://kerameikos.org/id/kleitias

Preferred Label: Kleitias (en), Kleitias (it), Klitias (de), Kleitias (fr)Additional labels
Клитий (bg), Kleitias (ca), Kleitias (da), Clitias (es), Kleitias (fi), Klitija (hr), Kleitias (nb), Clitias (nl), Klitias (pl), Clítias (pt), Клитий (ru), Klitija (sh), Kleitias (sv), Клітій (uk), 克利提亚斯 (zh)

en: Kleitias is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 575-550 BCE who signs his name as painter (“egrapsen”). His best-known work is a volute-krater known as the François Vase, which was found in Chuisi (Etruria) and is now in Florence (Archaeological Museum 4209; BAPD 300000).It displays a series of mythological scenes and a large number of inscriptions. Other vases attributed to the painter portray Odysseus, warriors, Amazons, dancing youths, and maidens. Other shapes include the Siana cup, Little Master cup, skyphos, and hydria. Findspots include Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Samos (Heraion), Naukratis, Etruria, and Cyrene.