Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

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Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater Fragment

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Kleophrades Painter

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Working in Athens in the period from about 505 to 475 B.C, the Kleophrades Painter was a prolific vase-painter--more than one hundred vases attributed to him survive. He very likely was the pupil of Euthymides, one of the group of the red-figure Pioneers. He primarily worked in the red-figure technique but occasionally used the black-figure technique with enough facility that he may have been trai

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Date: about 490–480 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Neck fragment. Ilioupersis? In the foreground, part of a fallen figure lying on the ground. A nude leg or the arm is draped limply over the head. Behind it, the lower body and legs of a draped woman walking to left wearing a chiton and mantle. At right, a draped youth sits on ground, facing right. Between the latter and the draped woman is preserved the leg of a tripod. Interior, black.

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