Phrynos was a Greek potter, active in

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, ''circa'' 560–545 BC. He is one of the

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. Three signed

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s by him are known: *Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Inv. 03.855 *London,

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Inv. 1867.5-8.962 (B 424) *Torgiano, Wine Museum Inv. A 15 The three cups appear to have been painted by the same painter, the

Phrynos Painter The Phrynos Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens between c. 560 and 545 BC. He was allocated the conventional name "Phrynos Painter" after the potter Phrynos, as he had painted three cups signed by the latter: *Bo ...

, to whom some further pieces can be ascribed. The potter Phrynos probably worked together with the potters Archikles and Glaukytes, as some of their vases bear close similarities.

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*Oliver S. Tonks: ''A New Kalos-Artist: Phrynos '', in: American Journal of Archaeology 9, 1905, p. 288-293. *

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. 168. *John Beazley: ''Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters'', Oxford 1971, p. 70-71. *Joan Tarlow Haldenstein: ''Little master cups. Studies in 6th century Attic black-figure vase painting'', Dissertation University of Cincinnati, 1975, p. 20-32. * Hermann A. G. Brijder: ''A band-cup by the Phrynos Painter in Amsterdam'', in: M. Gnade (Hrsg.): Stips votiva. Papers presented to Conrad Michael Stibbe, Amsterdam 1991, p. 21-30. *Peter Heesen: ''Phrynos (I)'', in: Künstlerlexikon der Antike Bd. 2, 2004, p. 256. Ancient Greek potters {{AncientGreece-bio-stub

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