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Psiax

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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.

Phintias

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Phintias is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 525-510 BCE, who signed as both painter (“egrapsen”) and potter (“epoiesen”). Along with Euthymides, Euphronios, and other vase-painters, Phintias is considered a member of the Pioneer Group. Shapes connected to the painter include both cups and large vessels, like the hydria, amphora (Type A), and krater. Smaller shapes connected to the potter are the cup and the cockle-shell aryballos. Scenes include the symposion, fountain-house, and athletes. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Populonia, Orvieto, Tarquinia), the Athenian Acropolis, and Thasos.

Hermogenes

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Hermogenes is an Athenian black-figure potter of Little Master cups active ca. 560-540 BCE. The name derives from vases signed as potter ("epoiesen") by Hermogenes, and it is possible the potter and painter may be one in the same. The potter specialized in lip-cups, many of which depict female heads in outline. Some band-cups are decorated with a warrior on a chariot and may be the work of a seperate painter. Findspots include Italy, Sicily, the Athenian Agora, and Miletos.

Perseus Painter

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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).

Myson

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Myson is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 500-475 BCE. The name derives from signatures as painter (“egrapsen”) and potter (“epoiesen”) on a column krater from the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Akr. 806; BAPD 202359) showing Athena. Other shapes are the pelike, calyx krater, psykter, and oinochoe. Scenes include revelers (“komasts”), the symposion, athletes, Dionysos and satyrs, Croesus seated on a pyre, Amazons, the Struggle for the Delphic Tripod, and other scenes with Herakles. Some findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos), Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri), Orvieto, Falerii, Locri (south Italy), and Kerch.

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.

Haimon Painter

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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.

Lion Painter

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The Lion Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 630-600 BCE. On examples of the neck amphora, there are lions, boars, birds, and hybrid creatures. The major findspot is Vari.

Falmouth Painter

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The Falmouth Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter affiliated with the Komast Group and dated to the 560’s BCE or later. The name derives from a cup formerly in Falmouth, England (BAPD 305012). Shapes include Komast cups depicting male revelers ("komasts"). Most of the findspots are outside of Greece.

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.

Python

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Greek potter, active ca. 500-480 BCE in Athens, Greece.

Griffin-bird Painter

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The Griffin-Bird Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter ca. 575-555 BC who decorated the Siana cup. The name derives from the griffin-birds appearing on several examples. Subjects include animals, youths, and revelers ("komasts"). Findspots include Taranto, Berezan, Corinth, the Athenian Acropolis, Miletus, and Naukratis.

Vouni Painter

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A white-ground artist active in Athens from 470-460 B.C.

Civico Painter

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The Civico Painter is an Athenian black-figure Siana cup painter active ca. 575-555 BCE. The name derives from a cup fragment from Orvieto (Museo Civico 597; BAPD 300647) with male figures. Subjects include warriors, Theseus and the Minotaur, and athletes. Findspots include Tocra (Libya), Taranto, Orvieto, and Thebes.

Tithonos Painter

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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.

Sandal Painter

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The Sandal Painter (also known as the Rhitsona Painter) is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 575-555 BCE. The name derives from a lekythos found in Etruria (Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico PU 204; BAPD 300643) showing one boy hitting another with a sandal. Shapes include the Siana cup, lekythos, and Little Master cup. Subjects are athletes, satyrs, and warriors. Findspots include Attica, the Athenian Agora, Ampurias, Etruria, Rhitsona, Naukratis, and the Black Sea.

Tyszkiewicz Painter

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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.

Swing Painter

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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.

Eucharides Painter

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The Eucharides Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 500-470 BCE who painted in black-figure (see Eucharides Painter [Black-figure]). The name derives from the inscription “Eucharides kalos” (“Eucharides is beautiful”) on a red-figure stamnos (Copenhagen, National Museum 124 BAPD 202230) showing youths, women, and Eros. Shapes are cups, the column krater, calyx krater, hydria, and lekythos. Subjects include youths, Dionysos and satyrs, Danae and Perseus, the symposion, warriors, and religion. Findspots are Eleusis, Athens (Acropolis, Agora), Vulci, Spina, Cerveteri, Locri (south Italy), Pompeii, sites in Sicily, Patera (Lycia, Turkey), and Naukratis.

Briseis Painter

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The Briseis Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a cup found at Vulci (London, British Museum E76; BAPD 204400) showing Achilles and Briseis. The main shape is the cup, but other shapes are the neck amphora, Panathenaic amphora, column krater, lekythos, alabastron, pyxis, and plate. Subjects include warriors, athletes, Herakles, Dionysos and followers, revelers (“komasts”), and religion. Some findspots are Adria, Etruria (Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Athens, and Naukratis.

Neandros

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Neandros 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 Neandros. Decorating both band-cups and lip-cups, scenes include chariots, men, and Herakles. Findspots are Vulci and Corinth.

Pedieus Painter

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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).

Wraith Painter

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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.

Chiusi Painter

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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.

Amasis

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Amasis was an ancient Attic potter, active in Athens between 560/550 and 530/520 BCE. Amasis’s pottery workshop also employed a well-known painter, who is conventionally named the Amasis Painter after the potter, and generally considered as one of the best Archaic vase painters.

Cotugno Painter

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A red figure painter active in Apulia from 370 to 360 B.C.

Madrid Painter

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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.

Gorgon Painter

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The Gorgon Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter who was active ca. 600-580 BCE. The name derives from a dinos (Paris, Louvre E874; BAPD 300055) showing Perseus and Gorgons. Other shapes include the oinochoe, lekythos, amphora, and the olpe. In addition to large animals, there are scenes of myth (Herakles, Hermes, centaurs). Findspots are Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Naukratis, Heraion, Vari, and Cortona (Italy).

Euaion Painter

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The Euaion Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 460-440 BCE. The name derives from the inscription “Euaion kalos” (“Euaion is beautiful”) on a cup (Paris, Louvre G401; BAPD 209713) showing satyrs and maenads. The main shape is the cup. Other shapes are the skyphos, oinochoe, pyxis, hydria, and calyx krater. Other subjects include the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), athletes, warriors, Boreas and Oreithyia, Atalanta, and Theseus. Some findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Cerveteri, Orvieto), sites in southern Italy and Sicily, Aleria (Corsica), Athens (Agora, Acropolis, Kerameikos), Le Cayla (France), and Kerch.

Lydos

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Lydos is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 560-540 BCE. The name derives from vases signed as “ho Lydos” (“the Lydian”), such as a dinos from the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Acr. 607; BAPD 310147) where he is signed as painter ("egrapsen"). Lydos painted a variety of large and small shapes, including the column krater, amphora, hydria, Siana cup, cups of other types, and plates. Scenes include Herakles, Dionysos, Theseus, draped men, and the Trojan War. The vases have been found primarily in Athens (Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos), southern Italy, Etruscan sites, and Sicily.

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.

Kleophrades Painter

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The Kleophrades Painter is the name given to the anonymous red-figure Athenian vase painter, who was active from approximately 510 – 470 BCE and whose work, considered amongst the finest of the red figure style, is identified by its stylistic traits.

Painter of The Birth of Athena

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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.

Boot Painter

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The Boot Painter is an Athenian red figure painter active ca. 470-460 BCE. The name derives from several cups depicting naked women putting on or holding boots. The main shape is the cup, but also the oinochoe. Subjects include men, women, boys, athletes, satyrs, Theseus, and a pyrrhic dancer. Findspots are Etruria (Vulci, Tarquinia, Chiusi), sites in southern Italy, and Ampurias (Spain).

Gales Painter

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The Gales Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 520-500 BCE. The name derives from the signature as potter (“epoiesen”) on several vessels. Shapes are the lekythos and cup. Scenes include the symposion, revelers (“komasts”), a maenad, and a religious procession. Findspots are Gela and Vulci.

Sokles

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Sokles was an ancient Greek potter, active in the middle of the 6th century BCE, in Athens, who signed Little Masters cups.

Dish Painter

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The Dish Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 470-460 BCE. The name derives from the preference for decorating stemmed dishes. Subjects are youths with lyres, a dancing girl, and a maenad. Findspots are Nola and Santa Maria di Capua.

Painter of Acropolis 606

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The Painter of Acropolis 606 is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 570-560 BCE. The name derives from a dinos found on the Athenian Acropolis (Athens, National Museum Acr. 606 [15116]; BAPD 300754) that displays warriors and battle. Shapes include the column krater, neck amphora, amphora, dinos (lebes), and hydria. Findspots are in Athens and Attica, as well as Odessa (Black Sea), Sicily, and Cyprus.

Painter of London B 76

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The Painter of London B76 is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 580-550 BCE. The name derives from hydria found at Camiros, Rhodes (London, British Museum B76; BAPD 300790) showing Hector (inscribed) next to a frontal chariot. Other shapes include the neck amphora, dinos (lebes), loutrophoros, belly amphora, and column krater. Subjects are Theseus and the Minotaur, Trojan War, and the Kalydonian Boar Hunt. Findspots include Athens (Agora, Acropolis), Eleusis, Cyrene, Taranto, and Vulci.

Cerameicus Painter

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The Cerameicus Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 600-570 BCE. The name derives from vases found in the Athenian Kerameikos. Shapes include the lekanis, oinochoe, skyphos, and loutrophoros. The decoration focuses on animals with the occasional human. Findspots include Athens, Attica, Samos, Naukratis, and Cumae (Italy).

Painter of Athens 533

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The Painter of Athens 533 is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 575-555 BCE. The name derives from a cup found in Athens (Athens, National Museum 533; BAPD 300611) showing males and animals. Shapes include the cup, lekythos, and Siana cup. The painter may be the first to decorate the inside tondo of the cup. Subjects are dancers, warriors, and animals. Findspots include Turkey (Miletus, Pitane, Gordion), Sicily, Marseilles, and Rhitsona.

Paseas

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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.

Foundry Painter

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The Foundry Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a cup (Berlin, Antikensammlung F2294; BAPD 204340) showing sculptors on the exterior and Hephaistos and Thetis on the interior (Arming of Achilles). The cup is the main shape, and other shapes are the oinochoe and skyphos. Subjects include the symposion, athletes, horsemen, centaurs, Theseus, and the Trojan War. Some findspots are Etruria (Cerveteri, Vulci, Tarquinia, Orvieto, Todi), Adria, sites in southern Italy, and Tanagra.

Cage Painter

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The Cage Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 490-480 BCE. The name derives from a cup from Orvieto (London, British Museum 1901.5-14.1; BAPD 203642) showing a boy holding a bird-cage. Shapes are the cup and pyxis. Subjects include athletes, the symposion, men, and youths. Findspots are Orvieto, Tarquinia, and Chiusi.

Argos Painter

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The Argos Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 480-470 BCE. The name derives from a stamnos from Cerveteri (Vienna, Kunsthistoriches Museum 3729; BAPD 202608) showing the Death of Argos. Shapes are the pelike and stamnos. Subjects include Dionysos and followers, Triptolemos and Demeter, centaurs, athletes and musicians, and a man leading a camel. Other findspots are Veii and Falerii.

Xenokles

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Attic Black-figure potter, active 560-530 BCE.

Dutuit Painter

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The Dutuit Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 500-480 BCE. The name denotes the former owner of an oinochoe from Nola (Paris, Petit Palais 315; BAPD 203153) showing Artemis with a fawn. Shapes are the amphora, oinochoe, lekythos, and hydria. Scenes include Dionysos and followers, winged goddesses, Herakles, and Hephaistos and Thetis (Arms of Achilles). Findspots are Vulci, Cerveteri, Nola, Sicily, and Olbia.

Bonn Painter

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The Bonn Painter is an Athenian red-figure painter active ca. 505-480 BCE. The name derives from a cup (Bonn, Akademisches Kunstmuseum 1644; BAPD 203666) showing centaurs on the exterior and an archer on the interior. The primary shape is the cup. Subjects include the symposion, warriors, Theseus, hunting, and satyrs. Findspots are Vulci, Taranto, Spina, Orvieto, and possibly Chiusi.

Painter of Louvre F6

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The Painter of the Louvre F6 is an Athenian black-figure painter active in the mid-6th c. BCE and is classified as a “companion” to Lydos. The name derives from a hydria (Pairs, Louvre F6; BAPD 300899) showing Dionysos with maenads and satyrs on the shoulder and a duel on the body. Shapes include the column krater, belly amphora (Type B), and the shouldered hydria. Subjects are gods, warriors, Herakles, centaurs, Theseus, and athletes. Known findspots are in Greece and Italy, as well as Berezan and Cyrene.

Meidias Painter

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The Meidias Painter was an Athenian red-figure vase painter in Ancient Greece, active in the last quarter of the 5th century B.C..

Syriskos

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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).

Pasiades

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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).

Oakeshott Painter

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The Oakeshott 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 cup, formerly in the Oakeshott collection (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 1972.162; BAPD 350750), showing animals. Shapes are band-cups and some lip-cups. One lip-cup (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (69.1052; BAPD 210) features figure decoration on the interior. Subjects are Dionysian, and findspots include Samos, Etruria, and Cyrene.

Eucharides Painter

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The Eucharides Painter is an Athenian black-figure painter active ca. 500-470 BCE, who also painted in red-figure (see Eucharides Painter [Red-figure]). The name derives from the inscription “Eucharides kalos” (“Eucharides is beautiful”) on a red-figure stamnos (Copenhagen, National Museum 124 BAPD 202230) showing youths, women, and Eros. Shapes are the Panathenaic amphora, hydria, pelike, and neck amphora. Subjects include music, horse races, warriors, Ajax and Achilles, and daily life. Findspots are Athens (Acropolis, Agora, Kerameikos), Vulci, Nola, Cumae, Samos, Corinth, Kerch, Locris (Greece), and Al Mina.
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