The Shuvalov Painter was an Attic vase painter of the

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style, active between 440 and 410 BC, i.e. in the High Classical period (''Parthenon period''). The Shuvalov painter's conventional name was allocated by

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, who chose for a

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an amphora that is now at the

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. It had been acquired in the eighteenth century by the collector

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. Most of some eighty works ascribed to the Shuvalov Painter were discovered in Italy, mainly in

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and

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. He mainly painted smaller vessels. The Shuvalov Painter is considered the successor of the Mannheim Painter at the same workshop. He appears to have worked in the same workshop as Aison, the painter of the Alexander Group and the

Eretria Painter The Eretria Painter was an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter. He worked in the final quarter of the 5th century BC. The Eretria Painter is assumed to have been a contemporary of the Shuvalov Painter; he is considered one of the most ...

. His paintings depict lively small figures, often with intense gazes. His works, whether depicting mythological scenes or themes from everyday life, are counted among the best of their time. John Boardman argues that his paintings have a tendency to be somewhat shallow and facile. An oinochoe by the Shuvalov Painter on display in Berlin is one of the most famous erotic works of ancient Greek

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Bibliography

: ''Attic red-figure vase-painters''. 2nd ed. Oxford 1963. * Adrienne Lezzi-Hafter: ''Der Schuwalow-Maler. Eine Kannenwerkstatt der Parthenonzeit'', Mainz 1976. * John Boardman: ''Rotfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Die klassische Zeit'', von Zabern, Mainz 1991 (Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, Vol 48), especially p. 101f. . * Martin Maischberger: ''Weinkanne des Schuwalow-Malers: Liebespaar'', in: Andreas Scholl (ed.): ''Die Antikensammlung: Altes Museum. Pergamonmuseum'', von Zabern, Mainz 2007, S. 76f., .

External links

Works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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