Terracotta stamnos (jar)
Berlin Painter
ca. 490 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Christos G. Bastis, in honor of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1988
Accession Number
1988.40
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
WarriorsAthenaZeus
About the Artist
Berlin Painter
**The Berlin Painter** (active c. 505–460s BCE) is the conventional name given to one of the most accomplished Attic Greek vase painters of the early Classical period. An anonymous artist whose real name remains unknown, he worked in Athens and is celebrated for his masterful command of the red-figure technique. Over 400 vases and fragments have been attributed to him, many exported to Etruria and...