The Bellerophon Painter was one of the first

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vase painters. His period of activity is dated between 630 and 600 BC. He was a contemporary of the Nessos Painter, whose importance and artistic class he did not reach. His known works are two

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, one depicting

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, the other a

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. Both were found at

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and are now in the National Archaeological Museum at

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(Inv. 16389 and 16391). A striking feature of his and his contemporaries’ works is the habit of filling the painted areas with many figures and ornaments that only be distinguished with difficulty.

Bibliography

* John D. Beazley: ''Attic Black-figure Vase-painters''. Oxford, 1956, p. 2. * John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', von Zabern, 4th ed. Mainz, 1994 (Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, Band 1.) , p. 18. {{Authority control Ancient Greek vase painters Artists of ancient Attica 7th-century BC Greek people Anonymous artists of antiquity 7th-century BC painters

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