Theseus Painter
Artist
5 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
The Theseus Painter decorated vases in Athens in the period from about 510 to 490 B.C. Long after most vase-painters had switched to red-figure, he worked in the black-figure technique. A versatile and innovative artist, he decorated a wide variety of vase shapes but specialized in skyphoi and lekythoi. On many of his works he covered the vase with a white-ground slip before adding the black-figur
Works
View as IIIF ↗Attic Black-Figure Kyathos
Getty Museum · about 500–490 B.C.
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Attic Black-Figure Kyathos (Ladle) with Perseus chasing Gorgons
Getty Museum · 510–500 B.C.
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Attic Black-Figure Kylix
Getty Museum · about 525–500 B.C.
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Attic Black-Figure Pelike
Getty Museum · about 490 B.C.
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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 500 BCE
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