The Tithonos Painter (working ''ca'' 500–475 BCE) is the conventional name given to 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 ...

Greek red-figure vase-painter whose actual name never appeared on his works, which have been recognized in the 20th century when John Beazley identified his Late Archaic characteristic house style. Pots with decoration attributed to the Tithonos Painter are all

Nolan amphora The Nolan amphora is a variant style of the amphora jar, a common artifact of Greek and Roman pottery. Nolan amphorae are characterized by a neck that is longer and narrower than in traditional neck amphorae, along with ribbed handles or straps th ...

e and ''

lekythoi 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 ...

''. He has been characterized as "a competent but unoriginal craftsman",Martin Robertson, ''The Art of Vase-painting in Classical Athens'', 1992:129f. working under the influence of the

Berlin Painter The Berlin Painter (active c. 490–460s BCE) is the Notname, conventional name given to an Attica, Attic Ancient Greece, Greek vase-painter who is widely regarded as a rival to the Kleophrades Painter, among the most talented vase painters of t ...

Some works

Amphora
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 03.81

Notes

5th-century BC deaths Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity Year of birth unknown {{AncientGreece-bio-stub