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Apulian Red-Figure Krater Fragment
Creator
Darius PainterPainter
All works by this person →The Darius Painter is the name of an artist who decorated pottery using the red-figure technique in Apulia in southern Italy in the late 300s B.C. As with most vase-painters, the real name of the Darius Painter is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. He is named for a vase in Naples that depicts Darius, a Persian king. The Darius Painter was one of the first to d
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- about 350 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (South Italian, Apulian)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Partially preserved head of a woman in profile to right. She wears a stephane and earring in added white. In front of her are three long feathers in reserve with dots in added white. At the left side of the fragment, part of a phiale with details in added white, and a bucranium above.
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