The Cavalcade Painter is the conventional name for an ancient Greek vase painter who produced Corinthian

black-figure Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( grc, , }), is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE, although there are ...

vases. He was active during the Middle Corinthian period, around 580 BC. The Cavalcade Painter is considered one of the most important and best Corinthian painters of his time. He was the leading artist of the Gorgoneion Group. He mainly decorated kylikes and

krater A krater or crater ( grc-gre, , ''kratēr'', literally "mixing vessel") was a large two-handled shape of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water. Form and function At a Greek symposium, krat ...

s. His favourite subject, found on nearly all his cup exteriors, were his eponymous scenes of horsemen; he also painted fighting scenes and animal friezes. As usual within his group, the interiors of the cups were decorated with a

gorgon A Gorgon ( /ˈɡɔːrɡən/; plural: Gorgons, Ancient Greek: Γοργών/Γοργώ ''Gorgṓn/Gorgṓ'') is a creature in Greek mythology. Gorgons occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature. While descriptions of Gorgons vary, the te ...

’s head. On one piece, he painted the suicide of

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, accompanied by several name inscriptions. Antikenmuseum Basel, BS 1404 His kraters also depict friezes of horsemen, fighting scenes, cavalcades and animal friezes. His most important work on that shape depicts a nuptial couple in a chariot. That work marks already the transition to Late Corinthian vase painting. Nine works by him are known; findspots include

Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island an ...

and Kameiros.

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: ''Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einführung''. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 101 . * Matthias Steinhart: Kavalkade-Maler. In: ''Der Neue Pauly'' (DNP). Vol 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, , Col. 370–371.

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{{Authority control Ancient Greek vase painters Ancient Corinthians 6th-century BC Greek people Anonymous artists of antiquity