C Painter
Troilos. '’Circa’’ 560 BC. Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen
The C Painter was one of the most important
black-figure
vase painters. His works date to circa 575–550 BC.
His conventional name was allocated by the archaeologist Merrythought cup
.
As indicated by his conventional name, the C Painter followed Corinthian precedents. He painted duelling warriors, horsemen,
symposiasts, and komasts. He followed the Corinthian habit of adding white paint for details, but used the Attic technique of doing so: the white paint was added onto the black slip, rather than directly to the base clay. His mythological images represent a departure from Corinthian precedents. He painted them in elongated friezes, resembling the work of the Gorgon Painter or Kleitias
. His powerful figures are carefully painted, often with a somewhat enlarged head. A characteristic feature of his work are animal heads used as shield emblazonments.
Especially important is his work as a painter of Siana cups. He is considered the earliest and best painter of that shape. Probably towards the end of his career, his workshop produced cups resembling the later lip cups. His most famous work is the lid of a lekanis, now on display in Naples. It bears the earliest known depiction of the death of Astyanax. One vase by the C painter bears the remainder of an inscription: …eiron epoie (..eiron made it), suggesting that his real name was Cheiron or Pheiron.
Bibliography
- John Beazley: Attic Black-figure Vase-painters. Oxford 1956, p.
- ISBN 978-3-8053-0233-3, p. 35f.
- ISBN 978-3-8062-1743-8, p. 109f.
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