The Bellerophon Painter was one of the first Attic

Attica

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 black-figure vase painters. His period of activity is dated between 630 and 600 BC.

He was a contemporary of the Nessos Painter

Nessos Painter

The Nessos Painter , was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting...

 , whose importance and artistic class he did not reach. His known works are two neck amphora, one depicting Bellerophon

Bellerophon

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, the other a chimaira

Chimaira

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. Both were found at Vari

Vari

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 and are now in the National Archaeological Museum at Athens

Athens

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(Inv. 16389 and 16391). A striking feature of his and his contempraries’ works is the habit of filling the painted areas with many figures and ornaments that only be distinguished with difficulty.