Marsyas Painter
The Marsyas Painter was an
His conventional name is derived from the depiction of
He painted scenes from the life of women and other aspects of everyday life, as well as mythological themes. His figures are harmonic in spite of their monumentality; his drawing style exhibits great delicacy and skill. He is a master of spatial perspective, using
His masterpiece the St. Petersburg lebes gamikos, was found at Kerch. It depicts the epaúlia, the celebration dedicated to a newly married wife. A pelike with Peleus and Thetis by him (now at the British Museum) shows one of the best nudes known from Greek vase painting; it may be viewed online.[2] Recently, some scholars equate him with the Eleusinian Painter.
Bibliography
- John D. Beazley. Attic Red Figure Vase Painters. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.
- ISBN 3-8053-1262-8.
- Stella Drougou. Marsyas-Maler, in DNP7 (1999), col. 956f.
References
External links
- The Perseus Project - Works by the Marsyas Painter
- Marsyas Painter's wedding vase at the St. Petersburg Hermitage
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