Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Antiphon Painter
490–480 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Late Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.1.6437
About the Artist
Antiphon Painter
The Antiphon Painter was an ancient Athenian vase painter active in the early fifth century BCE, during the red-figure period of Greek pottery — one of the most celebrated chapters in the history of ancient art. Like many vase painters of antiquity, this artist is known not by a personal name recorded in historical documents, but by a scholarly convention: the name Antiphon Painter was assigned by...