The Taleides Painter was an

Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...

vase painter of the

black-figure style Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( grc, , }), is one of the styles of Ancient Greek vase painting, painting on pottery of ancient Greece, antique Greek vases. It was especially common bet ...

, active in the second half of the 6th century BC. His conventional name is derived from his close cooperation with the potter Taleides, many of whose vases he painted. He also worked for the potter Timagoras.

Works (selection)

*Athens, Akropolis Museum :fragment of a ''loutrophoros'' *Athens, National Museum :''

lekythos A lekythos (plural lekythoi) is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil (Greek λήκυθος), especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel, and is thus a narrow type of jug, with no po ...

'' 414 *Berlin, Antikensammlung :Little-master cup F 1721 • ''

psykter A psykter (in Greek ψυκτήρ "cooler") is a type of Greek vase that is characterized by a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot. It was used as a wine cooler, and specifically as part of the elite sympotic set in the ancient Greek symposium. ...

''-''oinochoe'' 31131 *Borden Wood, Collection Mrs. Winifred Lamb :''lekythos'' *Boston, Museum of Fine Arts :''oinochoe'' 10.210 •

amphora An amphora (; grc, ἀμφορεύς, ''amphoreús''; English plural: amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storag ...

63.952 • ''

hydria The hydria ( el, ὑδρία; plural hydriai) is a form of Greek pottery from between the late Geometric period (7th century BC) and the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC). The etymology of the word hydria was first noted when it was stamped o ...

'' 68.105 • ''hydria'' 99.522 *Brunswick, Bowdoin College :fragment 2 *Eleusis, Archaeological Museum :''lekythos'' 961 *Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe :amphora 1917.474 *Limenas, Museum :cup fragment *Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional :''oinochoe'' 10932 (L 55) *Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum :''lekythos'' 76.AE.48 *Munich, Antikensammlung :''lekythos'' *Oxford, Ashmolean Museum :fragment of a ''lekythos'' G 571 *Paris, Musée National du Louvre :''hydria'' Cp10655 • ‚''hydria'' F 38 • ‚''hydria'' F 39 • ''Oinochoe'' F 340 • ''oinochoe'' F 341 *Rome, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia :amphora 15538 • ''Lekythos'' M 556 *St. Petersburg, Hermitage :''hydria'' 4467 *Sydney, University, Nicholson Museum : fragment of a ''lekythos'' 48.284 (former Borden Wood, Collection Mrs. Winifred Lamb) *Syracuse, Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi :fragment of a

Little-master cup Little-master cups are a type of Attica, Attic black-figure vase painting, black-figure cups, produced around the middle and third quarter of the sixth century BC. Their name is based on their fine small-format decoration. Little-master cups are ...

7354 • ''lekythos'' 8276 *Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale :''lekythos'' 117183 *Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco :Little-master cup Albizatti 321 :Little-master cup 39546 (formerly Guglielmi collection)

Notes

Bibliography

John Beazley Sir John Davidson Beazley, (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the U ...

: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 174-176. *John Beazley: ''Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters'', Oxford 1971, p. 72-74. *Peter Heesen: ''Taleides'', in: Künstlerlexikon der Antike Vol. 2, 2004, p. 431-432. {{Authority control Ancient Greek vase painters