Fragment of a terracotta kylix
Aberdeen Painter
mid 5th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Other: 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (4.4 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Honorable Iris Cornelia Love, 2011
Accession Number
2011.603.8
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Aberdeen Painter
The Aberdeen Painter was an anonymous ancient Greek vase painter active in Attica during the early Classical period, roughly 470–450 BCE. Named by the pioneering scholar Sir John D. Beazley after a red-figure kylix (drinking cup) once in the University of Aberdeen's Marischal Museum collection, he exemplifies the meticulous connoisseurship that revolutionized the study of Attic pottery. Specializi...