Attic Red-Figure Cup Type B

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Attic Red-Figure Cup Type B

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Working in Athens in the early 400s B.C., the Brygos Painter was a prolific decorator of red-figure cups. Over two hundred vases have been attributed to him, including a limited number of shapes other than cups and some vessels in the white-ground technique. Having learned his craft from Onesimos, the Brygos Painter was himself quite influential and was the center of a large circle of painters. Th

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

Within the tondo is the figure of a nude youth who stands looking back over his left shoulder. He grasps a javelin in his left fist, and two others are vertically positioned in front of him. A pick is placed in the field, with its handle behind his feet and its head behind his figure. The tondo has a simple meander border. Inscribed with the name, Leukolophides.

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