The Kassandra Painter (also Cassandra 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. It is also known as a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's t ...

vase painter in the

black-figure Black-figure pottery painting (also known as black-figure style or black-figure ceramic; ) is one of the styles of Ancient Greek vase painting, painting on pottery of ancient Greece, antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th a ...

style. His known works date to between 570 and 565 BC, and he was associated with the

C Painter The C Painter was one of the most important Attica, Attic black-figure vase painting, black-figure vase painters. His works date to ''circa'' 575–550 BC. His conventional name was allocated by the archaeologist John Beazley. The C stands for "Cor ...

. The painter was identified by H.A.G. Bridjer. A contemporary of the Heidelberg Painter, he decorated

Siana cup A Siana cup is a type of Attic cup decorated in the black-figure technique. They are named after one of their find locations, the Necropolis of the ancient city of Siana on Rhodes. During the second quarter of the 6th century BC, Siana cups were ...

s with tall feet and rims. The vessels painted by him are of medium size. He is considered one of the first producers of

Little-master cups Little-Master cups are a type of Attic 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 later in origin than Siana cups, b ...

. His conventional name is derived from a depiction of Kassandra on one of his cups.

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Thomas Mannack Thomas Mannack (born in 1958) is a German classical archaeologist. Mannack obtained his doctorate in 1992 with at the University of Kiel. The thema of his dissertation was ''Beazleys spätere und späteste Manieristen''. The thesis was later p ...

: ''Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einführung'', Thesis, Stuttgart 2002, . {{authority control 6th-century BC Greek people 6th-century BC painters Ancient Greek vase painters Cassandra