Eucharides Painter
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"Eucharides Painter" is the common nickname of an ancient Greek artist who decorated but did not sign attic vases. Neither his real name, nor the dates of his birth and death are known. Presumably this artist was a pupil of the Nikoxenos painter
.
The name was introduced in 1911 by John Beazley
, a classic historian at the University of Oxford
who had a special interest in attic vases. Through close examination of stylistic details, Beazley and other scholars recognized pieces painted by the same artist. In this case, the nickname appreciates the anonymous painter's repeated use of kalos inscriptions praising the beauty of a named young boy. A vase with the inscription καλος Ευχαριδης ("kalos Eucharides", i.e. Eucharides is beautiful) became the source of the artist's name.
The Eucharides painter was working in Athens in the years from about 500 BC to 470 BC. At this time the technique of vase painting switched from black-figured to red-figured illustrations, a process commonly attributed to the Andokides Painter
. Correspondingly, both black-figured and red-figured vases are attributed to the Eucharides painter. Their shapes range from large kraters to small cups. Scenes were drawn from mythology and daily life.
Many of this artist's known works were retrieved from Etruscan tombs in Italy. Recently, one of his attic vases was claimed to be looted and was repossessed by the Italian State. NY Observer NY Times
Examples of attic vases attributed to the Eucharides painter are on display around the world, e.g. :
- Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA (no. 86.AE.227).
Attic red-figure water jar illustrating a young boy and a reveller with the eponymous inscription
Kalos Eucharides
(Beazley Archive Database Number 275122)
- Vatican City, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano (no. H545)
Attic red-figure hygria illustrating a scene from Homer
´s Iliad
, the killing of Hektor by Achilles (Beazley Archive Vase Number 202267)
- London, British Museum (no. B178).
Attic black-figured amphora illustrating Dionysos with Ivy and Kantharos between Satyrs.
(Beazley Archive Vase Number 302996).
- Paris, Musée du Louvre.
Attic red-figure amphora illustrating Satyre et Menade .
- St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum. (Inv. No. Б. 2604) .
Attic red-figure hydria-kalpis illustrating Nike with tripod.
- Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.
Attic red-figure wine amphora illustrating the killing of Argos by Hermes.
- Bremen, Antikenmuseum im Schnoor/ Sammlung Zimmermann.
Black-figured pseudo-panathenaic amphora.
- Copenhagen, National Museum
Attic red-figured stamnos illustrating a Woman with a Mirror, a Seated Youth Looks at a Dog. Inscription.
Beazley Archive Database Number 202230
Literature
Beazley J.D., Attic red figured vase painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) [= ARV²]
Beazley J.D., Attic black-figure vase-painters (Oxford, 1956)
Links
Biography
Nikoxenos Painter
The Nikoxenos Painter was an Attic vase painter who worked in both the black-figure and red-figure styles. He was active in the end of the sixth and the beginning of the fifth centuries BC. His real name is not known....
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The name was introduced in 1911 by John Beazley
John Beazley
Sir John Davidson Beazley was an English classical scholar.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Beazley attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a close friend of the poet James Elroy Flecker. After graduating in 1907, Beazley was a student and tutor in Classics at Christ Church, and in 1925 he...
, a classic historian at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
who had a special interest in attic vases. Through close examination of stylistic details, Beazley and other scholars recognized pieces painted by the same artist. In this case, the nickname appreciates the anonymous painter's repeated use of kalos inscriptions praising the beauty of a named young boy. A vase with the inscription καλος Ευχαριδης ("kalos Eucharides", i.e. Eucharides is beautiful) became the source of the artist's name.
The Eucharides painter was working in Athens in the years from about 500 BC to 470 BC. At this time the technique of vase painting switched from black-figured to red-figured illustrations, a process commonly attributed to the Andokides Painter
Andokides Painter
The Andokides painter was an ancient Athenian vase painter who was active from 530 to approximately 515 BCE. His work is unsigned; he is named after Andokides, the potter for whom he worked. He is believed to be the inventor of the red figure style of vase painting.-Beginnings of his art:The...
. Correspondingly, both black-figured and red-figured vases are attributed to the Eucharides painter. Their shapes range from large kraters to small cups. Scenes were drawn from mythology and daily life.
Many of this artist's known works were retrieved from Etruscan tombs in Italy. Recently, one of his attic vases was claimed to be looted and was repossessed by the Italian State. NY Observer NY Times
Examples of attic vases attributed to the Eucharides painter are on display around the world, e.g. :
- Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA (no. 86.AE.227).
Attic red-figure water jar illustrating a young boy and a reveller with the eponymous inscription
Kalos Eucharides
(Beazley Archive Database Number 275122)
- Vatican City, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano (no. H545)
Attic red-figure hygria illustrating a scene from Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
´s Iliad
Iliad
The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles...
, the killing of Hektor by Achilles (Beazley Archive Vase Number 202267)
- London, British Museum (no. B178).
Attic black-figured amphora illustrating Dionysos with Ivy and Kantharos between Satyrs.
(Beazley Archive Vase Number 302996).
- Paris, Musée du Louvre.
Attic red-figure amphora illustrating Satyre et Menade .
- St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum. (Inv. No. Б. 2604) .
Attic red-figure hydria-kalpis illustrating Nike with tripod.
- Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.
Attic red-figure wine amphora illustrating the killing of Argos by Hermes.
- Bremen, Antikenmuseum im Schnoor/ Sammlung Zimmermann.
Black-figured pseudo-panathenaic amphora.
- Copenhagen, National Museum
Attic red-figured stamnos illustrating a Woman with a Mirror, a Seated Youth Looks at a Dog. Inscription.
Beazley Archive Database Number 202230
Literature
Beazley J.D., Attic red figured vase painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) [= ARV²]
Beazley J.D., Attic black-figure vase-painters (Oxford, 1956)
Links
Biography