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Dokimasia Painter

Definition: The Dokimasia Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-460 BCE. The name derives from a cup found at Orvieto (Berlin, Antikensammlung 2296; BAPD 204483) showing youths with horses in possible reference to their citizen status (“dokimasia”). Shapes are mainly the cup, but also the krater, stamnos, and skyphos. Scenes include revelers (“komasts”), athletes, warriors, Theseus, hunting, and Dionysos and followers. Some findspots are Adria, Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Chiusi), Capua, the Athenian Acropolis, and Delos.

Heidelberg Painter

Definition: The Heidelberg Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 560-540 BCE. The name derives from a cup found near Phaleron (Heidelberg, University vi.29; BAPD 300545) showing gods. The main shape is the Siana cup. Subjects include warriors, youths, the symposion, athletes, Herakles, and mythological scenes. Findspots include Thasos (Artemision), Sicily, Miletus, Taranto, Berezan, and Corinth.

Diosphos Painter

Definition: 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.

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.

Achilles Painter

Definition: The Achilles Painter, was a vase-painter active ca. 470-425 BC. His name vase is an amphora, Vatican 16571, in the Vatican museums depicting Achilles.

Klitomenes

Definition: Klitomenes is an Athenian black-figure potter of Little Master cups active in the mid-6th c. BCE. The signature of potter (“epoiesen”) appears on a skyphos found at Sardis (Princeton, University Art Museum 29.180; BAPD 310585), showing a swan in the tondo.

Nearchos

Definition: Nearchos is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 570-555 BCE who signed as both potter (“epoiesen”) and painter (“egrapsen”). Painting in a miniature style, the artist decorated the kantharos, Little Master cup, plaque (pinax), column krater, and aryballos. Subjects include Herakles, Trojan War, Gigantomachy, Pygmies versus cranes, and Amazons. Findspots include the Athenian Acropolis, Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Vetulonia), Naukratis, Berezan, and Samos (Heraion).

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).

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.

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).

Amasis Painter

Definition: The Amasis Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 560-515 BCE. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Amasis. Scholars debate if the painter and potter are one in the same. The painter sometimes combines the full black-figure technique with outline and at times employs a minituristic style. Shapes include different amphora types, lekythos, oinochoe, and alabastron. Subjects are Dionysos and his followers, other gods, draped figures, warriors, and revelers ("komasts"). Main findspots are Vulci and other sites in Etruria, Athens (Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos), and Naukratis.

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.

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.

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.

Sophilos

Definition: Sophilos is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 580-570 BCE, who signs vases as both painter (“egrapsen”) and potter (“epoiesen”). The name derives from a signed dinos (London, British Museum 1971.1101.1; BAPD 350099) showing the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Shapes include the dinos (or lebes), column krater, lekanis, and amphora. Other subjects include the Kalydonian Boar Hunt, Funeral Games of Patroklos, Helen and Menelaus, Herakles, and centaurs. Findspots include Athens (Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos), Aegina, Naukratis, Smyrna, Sardis, and Sicily.

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.

Castellani Painter

Definition: The Castellani Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of the Tyrrhenian Group active ca. 560-550/45 BCE. The name derives from an amphora formerly in the Castellani collection (Rome, Villa Giulia 50652; BAPD 310041) showing Amazons on one side and centaurs on the other. The primary shape is the ovoid neck amphora. Vases portray the symposion, Herakles/Amazons, weddings, male revelers ("komasts"), satyrs and maenads, erotic scences, and fights. Findspots include sites in Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Tarquinia).

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).

Brygos Painter

Definition: The Brygos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 490-470 BCE who painted in white-ground. The name derives from the potter ("epoiesen") who signs as Brygos and collaborated with the Brygos Painter and other painters. Shapes are the cup (kylix), skyphos, lekythos, kyathos, kantharos in the shape of female heads, rhyton in the shape of animal heads, and kalathos. Subjects include revelers (“komasts”), the symposion, Dionysos and followers, warriors, athletes, Herakles, Zeus and Ganymede, and the Trojan War. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Chiusi, Tarquinia, Cerveteri), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), sites in Attica (Brauron, Eleusis, Menidi), Thebes, Marseilles, and Olbia.

Agrigento Painter

Definition: The Agrigento Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-440 BCE and a member of the Mannerist Group. The name derives from a calyx krater from Agrigento (Agrigento, Archaeological Museum; BAPD 206657) showing Herakles and Nessos. Other shapes are the column-krater, bell krater, stamnos, pelike, dinos, amphora, and hydria. Scenes include Herakles, Theseus, Dionysos and followers, Amazons, the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), musicians, warriors, and generic males (youths, boys, men). Some findspots are Bologna, Spina, Tarquinia, sites in southern Italy and Sicily, the Athenian Agora, Corinth, Rheneia (Delos), Ampurias (Spain), and Naukratis.

C Painter

Definition: The C Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 570-560 BCE. The name derives from the “Corinthianizing” style of painting. Shapes are the Siana cup, lekanis, tripod kothon (or pyxis), skyphos, and lekythos. Subjects include dueling warriors, horsemen, the symposion, male revelers ("komasts"), and mythological scenes. Findspots include Athens, Eleusis, Perachora, Corinth, southern Italy, Rhodes, Kavala, and Naukratis.

Piraeus Painter

Definition: The Piraeus Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 620-600 BCE, who painted the amphora. The name derives from a neck amphora found in Piraeus (Athens, National Museum 353; BAPD 300012) showing chariots. Findspots include Athens and Piraeus.

Painter of Boston CA

Definition: The Painter of Boston CA is a black-figure painter active ca. 575-555 BCE. The name derives from a Siana cup from Thebes (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 99.519; BAPD 300620) showing Circe and Acheloos. The main shape is the Siana cup, but a Panathenaic amphora fragment with a runner is also attributed to this artist. Findspots include the Athenian Acropolis, Kavala, Rhodes, southern Italy, and Naukratis.

Douris

Definition: Douris is an Athenian red-figure painter and potter active ca. 500-460 BCE. The name derives from the signature of Douris as painter (“egrapsen”) on many vases. Shapes are primarily the cup, but also the lekythos, pyxis, neck amphora, psykter, and rhyton in the shape of an animal. Scenes include the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), musicians, warriors, athletes, Dionysos and followers, Herakles, Theseus, Zeus and Ganymede, and the Trojan War. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Chiusi, Cerveteri, Tarquinia), Adria, sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens (Agora, Acropolis, Kerameikos), Ampurias (Spain), and Naukratis.

Centaur Painter

Definition: The Centaur Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active in the second quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from a preference for painting centaurs and other equids. Known findspots include the Athenian Agora, Vulci, Berezan, and Cyprus.

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).

Panther Painter

Definition: The Panther Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 620-600 BCE. A painter mainly of the lekanis with animal friezes, Vari (Attica) is the primary findspot.

Andokides

Definition: Andokides is an Athenian potter active ca. 530 BCE. Signing as potter ("epoiesen") on a number of vases, the potter is associated with several painters: the Andokides Painter, Psiax, and Epiktetos. Shapes are mainly cups, the amphora, and hydria. Subjects include Dionysos, Herakles, and Athena as well as athletes, warriors, and the symposion. Examples have been discovered in Etruria.

Phiale Painter

Definition: The Phiale Painter was a painter of the Attic red-figure style. He was active around 460 to 430 BC. The Phiale Painter is assumed to have been a pupil of the Achilles Painter.

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.

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.

Geras Painter

Definition: The Geras Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a pelike (Paris, Louvre G234; BAPD 202622) showing Herakles and Geras (“old age”). Other shapes are the neck amphora, kraters, hydria, and stamnos. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, Ganymede, Theseus, Europa, Aktaion, Triptolemos and Demeter, and Herakles. Findspots are Vulci, Nola, sites in Sicily, and Locris (Greece).

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.

Painter of Berlin 1686

Definition: The Painter of Berlin 1686 is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 550-530 BCE. The name derives from an amphora (Berlin, Antikensammlung F1686; BAPD 320383) portraying a sacrifice to Athena. Other scenes include courting, choral performance, Herakles, and warriors. Findspots are Etruria, Sicily, sites in Greece, Cyrene, and Kerch (Black Sea).

Sakonides

Definition: Sakonides is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active ca. 560-520 BCE. The signature as painter ("egrapsen") appears on several cups, including one cup of Type A from the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Acr.; BAPD 301108). Subjects are mostly female heads, but also Herakles, youths, and riders. Other findspots include Etruria, Sicily, Thrace, and Olbia.

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.

Hermonax

Definition: Hermonax is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 475-450 BCE. The name derives from the signature as painter (“egrapsen”) on several vases. Shapes are the stamnos, pelike, neck amphora, loutrophoros, oinochoe, lekythos, lekanis, and cups. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), weddings, warriors, the Death of Orpheus, Zeus and Ganymede, Boreas and Oreithyia, Eros and lovers, and youths and young women. Some findspots are sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Cerveteri, Ampurias (Spain), Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Argos, Brauron, Camiros (Rhodes), and Xanthos (Turkey).

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).

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).

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.

Flying-angel Painter

Definition: The Flying-Angel Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from an amphora found in Capua (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 98.882; BAPD 202711) showing a satyr supporting a child-satyr on his shoulders with outstretched arms (“flying-angel”). Shapes include the amphora (Type C), kraters, pelike, lekythos, and a Panathenaic amphora with revelers (“komasts”). Other subjects are athletes, the symposion, Dionysos and followers, warriors, and Herakles. Some findspots are Cerveteri, Chiusi, Gela, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Rheneia (Delos), Cyrene, and Kerch.

Kleophrades

Definition: Kleophrades signed cups as potter (epoiesen 'made it') that were decorated by a variety of painters. Other vases have been attributed to him on the basis of style. He was the son of the potter Amasis (q.v.).

Onesimos

Definition: Onesimos is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 505-480 BCE, and associated with the Proto-Panaitian Group. The name derives from a cup found at Vulci signed as painter (“egrapsen”) by Onesimos and as potter (“epoiesen”) by Euphronios (Paris, Louvre G105; BAPD 203218) showing horsemen. The primary shape is the cup (kylix). Other shapes are the skyphos, plate, and pyxis. Subjects include Theseus, Herakles, the Trojan War, the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), athletes, and nude females. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Chiusi, Orvieto), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), and Naukratis.

Xenokles Painter

Definition: The Xenokles Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active in the mid-6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed as potter ("epoiesen") by Xenokles. Shapes include more lip-cups than band-cups and at least one oinochoe. Subjects include the gods, animals, youths, and Herakles. Findspots are in Etruria and southern Italy, Berezan, Miletos, and the Athenian Acropolis.

Charmides Painter

Definition: The Charmides Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-460 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Charmides kalos'' or “kalos Charmides” (“Charmides is beautiful”) on several vases. Shapes include the neck amphora (Nolan amphora) and lekythos. Subjects are Eros, warriors, the Judgement of Paris, Eos and Tithonos, Nike, and satyrs. Findspots are sites in southern Italy and Sicily and the Athenian Agora.

Ptoon Painter

Definition: The Ptoon Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 565-555 BCE. The name derives from the column krater discovered in Boeotia (Mt. Ptoon) (Athens, National Museum 1001; BAPD 300776) decorated with animals. Other shapes include the ovoid neck amphora, hydria, and Siana cup. Subjects are warriors, the symposion, draped, males, mythological scenes, and animals. Findspots include Rhodes, Vulci, Sicily, and Tocra.

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.

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.

Epitimos Painter

Definition: The Epitimos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active in mid-6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed as potter ("epoiesen") by Epitimos. Subjects include youths, warriors, and erotic scenes. The main findspot is Vulci.

Antiphon Painter

Definition: The Antiphon Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 490-470 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Antiphon kalos” (“Antiphon is beautiful”) on a stand from Pomarico (southern Italy) (Berlin, Antikensammlung F2325; BAPD 203436) showing athletes. The cup is the main shape, and subjects include warriors, hunting, Herakles, Theseus, the symposion, and revelers (“komasts”). Findspots are the Athenian Acropolis, Etruria (Orvieto, Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Chiusi), and sites in southern Italy.

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.

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.

Painter of The Vatican Mourner

Definition: The Painter of the Vatican Mourner is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 560-540 BCE, who has been associated with Group E. The name derives from an amphora from Vulci (Rome, Vatican 350; BAPD 310352) featuring a woman mourning over a deceased warrior (perhaps Eos and Memnon). Shapes are mostly the amphora and other large vessels. Scenes are of the Trojan War along with wedding and funerary iconography. Known findspots include Italy, Sicily, Naukratis, and Athens.

Clinic Painter

Definition: The Clinic Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-460 BCE. The name derives from an aryballos (Paris, Louvre CA2183; BAPD 210078) showing a medical scene. Shapes are mainly cups, but also the askos, aryballos, stamnos, and oinochoe. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), Eros, warriors, youths, men, women, Herakles, and the Embassy to Achilles. Findspots are Adria, Spina, Etruria (Vulci, Chiusi, Orvieto), and Nola.

Makron

Definition: Makron is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 495-475 BCE. The name derives from a skyphos from Suessula with the signature of Makron as painter (“egrapsen”) and Hieron as potter (“epoiesen”) (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 13.186; BAPD 204681) showing Paris and Helen on one side and Menelaus and Helen on the other. The main shape is the cup, but also the aryballos, askos, stamnos, oinochoe, plate, and pyxis. Subjects include musicians, revelers (“komasts”), courting, the symposion, Dionysos and followers, a satyr-play, athletes, warriors, centaurs, Herakles, Demeter and Triptolemos, and the Trojan War. Some findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Etruria (Vulci, Orvieto, Cerveteri, Chiusi, Tarquinia), Adria, sites in southern Italy, and Ampurias (Spain).

Sappho Painter

Definition: 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.

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.

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.

Painter of Berlin A 34

Definition: The Painter of Berlin A 34 (formerly known as the Woman Painter) is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 630-620 BCE. The name derives from a fragmentary krater found on Aegina (Berlin, Antikensammlung A 34; BAPD 218722) with a procession of women. The painter is among the first attributed artists of Attic black-figure vase-painting. The main shape is the krater. This painter uses a mix of techniques (outline and black-figure) and a variety of motifs, such as zigzags, dot rosettes, black-and-white patterned rays, and animals on a large scale. Findspots include Athens (Kerameikos, Agora), Aegina, and Vourva.

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.

Epitimos

Definition: Attic potter, active 6th century BCE.

Painter of Eleusis 767

Definition: The Painter of Eleusis 767 is an Athenian black-figure painter who worked in the first quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from a tall neck amphora found at Eleusis (Eleusis, Archaeological Museum 767; BAPD 300247) decorated with animals and women. Other findspots are in Athens (Acropolis, Agora).

Meidias

Definition: Athenian potter who signed the calpis in the British Museum 'Meidias epoiesen' (made it).

Eucharides Painter

Definition: Eucharides Painter is the common nickname of an ancient Greek artist who decorated but did not sign attic vases. Neither his real name, nor the dates of his birth and death are known. Presumably this artist was a pupil of the Nikoxenos painter.

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.

Painter of Munich 1410

Definition: The Painter of Munich 1410 is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the third quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from an amphora from Vulci (Munich, Antikensammlungen 1410; BAPD 301593) showing a duel over a fallen warrior. Shapes include several amphora types and the hydria. Scenes include warriors, Amazons, and possibly the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Known findspots are the Athenian Agora, Vulci, and Orvieto.

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).

Hischylos

Definition: Hischylos was a black-figure Athenian potter, active ca. 530 BCE.

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).

Palazzolo Painter

Definition: The Palazzolo Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Komast cups affiliated with the Komast Group and dated to the 560’s BCE or later. The name derives from a cup found at Akrai, Sicily (Palazzolo; BAPD 305020). Shapes include the Komast cup, Siana cup, and skyphos. The main subject is male revelers ("komasts") dancing alongside females. Findspots include Athens, Sicily, and Naukratis.

Akestorides Painter

Definition: The Akestorides Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-450 BCE. The name (“Akestorides”) is inscribed on a cup from Aegina (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 22.139.72; BAPD 209611) showing a boy playing the lyre. The main shape is the cup. Subjects include satyrs and maenads, revelers (“komasts”), athletes, musicians, and draped figures. Findspots are Vulci, Orvieto, Koropi (Attica), Athens, Aegina, and Kerch.

Polos Painter

Definition: The Polos Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 575-565 BCE. The name derives from the cross-hatched crown (“polos”) worn by his female and hybrid figures. Shapes include the lekanis, pyxis, hydria, skyphos, and plate. Findspots include Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Cyrene, Tocra (Libya), Naukratis, and Samos (Heraion).

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.

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.

Nikosthenes Painter

Definition: Athenian red-figure vase-painter whose name is unknown. Nevertheless consistent individual characteristics of style suggest the existence of a unique artistic personality. Beazley called him the Nikosthenes Painter naming him after the potter Nikosthenes who signed some of the vases he decorated.

Kx Painter

Definition: The KX Painter (Komast X) is an Athenian black-figure painter affiliated with the Komast Group and dated to the 570’s BCE. Shapes are the lekanis, kantharos, and skyphos, but exclude the Komast cup. Subjects include male revelers ("komasts"), animals, and hybrid creatures. Major findspots are Samos (Heraion), Athens (Agora, Kerameikos, Acropolis), and Naukratis.

Cactus Painter

Definition: 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.

Tleson Painter

Definition: The Tleson Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active from ca. 555 to 535 BCE. The name derives from vases signed by the potter “Tleson, son of Nearchos” (“Tleson ho Nearcho epoiesen”), and it is possible that painter and potter are one in the same. Decorated shapes are band-cups and lip-cups, and subjects include animals, Herakles, and Theseus. Findspots are in Vulci and elsewhere in Italy, Sicily, Berezan, Naukratis, and the Athenian Acropolis.

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.

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.

Painter of Louvre G 265

Definition: The Painter of Louvre G265 is an Athenian red-figure cup painter active ca. 470-460 BCE. The name derives from a cup found at Vulci (Paris, Louvre G265; BAPD 204532) showing the Deeds of Theseus. Other subjects include religion, warriors, athletes, Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), and the Death of Orpheus. Findspots are Vulci, Orvieto, and Nola.

PS Painter

Definition: The P.S. Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter connected to the Syriskos Group, active ca. 470’s BCE and earlier. The name derives from the signature as potter (“Pistoxenos Syriskos epoiesen”) on two vessels (the skyphos) belonging to a private collection in England (Whitby, UK, Mulgrave Castle). Subjects on both sides of one skyphos are women at a fruit tree (BAPD 352513), and on the other skyphos are Theseus and Prokrustes and Theseus and Sinis (BAPD 352514). Findspots are unknown.

Sokles Painter

Definition: Sokles is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active in the mid-6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed as potter ("epoiesen") by Sokles, and it is possible the potter and painter may be one in the same. Shapes are lip-cups, band-cups, and the kantharos. Subjects include Herakles fighting centaurs, youths, and Trojan War subjects. Findspots include Etruria, Berezan, Daskyleion (Turkey), and Greece.

Guglielmi Painter

Definition: The Guglielmi Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter, or group of painters (Guglielmi Group) associated with the Tyrrhenian Group, active ca. 560-545/50 BCE. The name derives from an amphora formerly in the Guglielmi collection (Rome, Vatican 34526; BAPD 310055) showing Amazons and warriors. Shapes include the ovoid neck amphora and the hydria. Subjects include male revelers ("komasts"), Trojan War battles, Amazons, and centaurs. Vulci is the primary findspot.

Oltos

Definition: Oltos is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 525-500 BCE that 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 collaborated with several potters, including Euxitheos and Kachrylion. Shapes are mainly cups, but also the Nikosthenic amphora, stamnos, and psykter. Subjects include gods, Herakles, the Trojan War, Theseus, Dionysos and followers, and warriors riding dolphins. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri, Orvieto, Chiusi), Athens (Acropolis, Agora), and Naukratis.

Berlin Painter

Definition: The Berlin Painter (active c. 490s-c. 460s B.C.) is the conventional name given to an Attic Greek vase-painter who is widely regarded as a rival to the Kleophrades Painter, among the most talented vase painters of the early 5th century B.C.

Painter of Athens 1826

Definition: An Athenian white ground vase painter active around 460 B.C.

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.

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.

Exekias

Definition: Exekias is an Athenian potter ("epoiesen") and painter ("egrapsen") active from ca. 545-530 BCE. The painter’s work is generally considered to represent the apex of the black-figure technique, characterized by elegant draughtsmanship and intricately detailed ornamentation. Closely associated with Group E, Exekias mainly decorates the amphora, but also the pinax (plaque) and cups. Among his best known works are Ajax and Achilles, Achilles and Penthesilea, the Suicide of Ajax, and Dionysos reclining in a boat in possible reference to a Homeric Hymn. The plaques depict scenes connected to the funeral and perhaps lined the inside of the tomb. Main findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Italy (mostly Etruria), as well as Samos, Miletos, Berezan, and Cyrene.

Nettos Painter

Definition: The Nessos Painter (also called the Nettos Painter) is an Athenian black-figure painter active from ca. 620-600 BCE. The name derives from an amphora found in Athens (Athens, National Museum 1002; BAPD 300025) showing a scene of Herakles fighting the centaur Nessos on the neck. Shapes include large vessels, such as the neck amphora, belly amphora, and skyphos-krater. The painter prefers mythological scenes, large figures, and Corinthian-style filling ornamentation. Findspots include Athens and Attica, Samos, Cyrene, Naukratis, and Cerveteri.

Hermogenes Painter

Definition: The Hermogenes Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter associated with the potter, Hermogenes.

Brygos

Definition: Brygos was an ancient Greek potter, active in Athens between 490 and 470 BC. He is known as a producer of excellent drinking cups.

Camel Painter

Definition: 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.

Andokides Painter (red-figure)

Definition: 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.

Painter N

Definition: Painter N is an Athenian black-figure painter connected to the workshop of the potter Nikosthenes and active ca. 540-520 BCE. The Nikosthenic amphora was probably decorated by Painter N as well as the kyathos, cups, and psykter. Decorative subjects include satyrs, Dionysos, warriors, revelers ("komasts"), athletes, riders, and scenes with Athena. Most have been discovered in Etruria.

Archikles

Definition: Archikles is an Athenian black-figure potter of Little Master cups active in the mid-6th c. BCE. The name derives from the signature on cups signed as potter ("epoiesen") by Archikles. A band-cup signed as potter by Archikles and Glaukytes shows the Kalydonian Boar Hunt on one side and Theseus fighting the Minotaur on the other. The main findspot is Vulci.

Kyllenios Painter

Definition: The Kyllenios Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of the Tyrrhenian Group dated ca. 560-550 BCE and a painter of the ovoid neck amphora. The name derives from a vase found in Cerveteri (Berlin, Antikensammlung F1704; BAPD 310014) featuring the Birth of Athena and the inscription: “I am Hermes of Kyllene.” Other subjects are Herakles, centaurs, Amazons, the Kalydonian Boar Hunt, athletes, and the Gigantomachy. The main findspot is Cerveteri.

Taleides Painter

Definition: The Taleides Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter of Little Master cups active in the second quarter of the 6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases signed as potter (“epoiesen”) by Taleides. Shapes include the lekythos, oinochoe, and hydria. Subjects are youths, warriors, riders, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Herakles. Known findspots are Italy and Sicily, Berezan, and Greece.

Camtar Painter

Definition: The Camtar Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter dated to the mid-6th c. BCE. The name derives from vases in Cambridge (“Cam”) and Tarquinia (“Tar”). The main shape is the ovoid neck amphora. Subjects include Herakles/Amazons and the Arming of Achilles. Findspots include Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Tarquinia), Marseilles, Sardis, and Naukratis.

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