Sappho Painter
Sappho Painter was an
black-figure vase painter, active c. 510–490 BCE.[1]
His
National Museum, Warsaw (Inv. 142333). The hand of the Sappho Painter has been identified on 95 vessels, 70% of which are lekythoi. His work has been also seen on tomb wall slabs and epinetra.[1]
Nearly half of his paintings are of the
red-figure technique, but sometimes used Six's technique whereby figures are laid on a black surface in white or red and details are incised so that the black shows through.[1] He was influenced and possibly trained by the Edinburgh Painter,[2] and shared a workshop with the Diosophos Painter.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Mommsen, Heide, "Sappho Painter", in: Brill's New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider
- ISBN 978-0-8018-3050-1.
External links
Media related to Sappho Painter at Wikimedia Commons- The Sappho Painter's name vase at The Beazley Archive, University of Oxford
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