Kleitias (
Greek
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: Κλειτίας, sometimes rendered as Klitias) was an ancient
Athenian
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vase painter of the
black-figure style who flourished BCE. Kleitias' most celebrated work today is the
François Vase (), which bears over two hundred figures in its six friezes. Painted inscriptions on four pots and one ceramic stand name Kleitias as their painter and
Ergotimos
Ergotimos (Έργότιμος) was a Greek potter, active in Athens, ''circa'' 570–560 BC. His son Eucharios was also a potter, as was a grandson whose name is not known.
The following works signed by him are known:
* Berlin, Antikensammlung ...
as their potter, showing the craftsmen's close collaboration. A variety of other fragments have been attributed to him on a stylistic basis.
[See the essential list in J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford 1956) 77-79. Examples found or attributed later include particularly D. von Bothmer, "A New Kleitias Fragment from Egypt", in: ''Antike Kunst'' 24, 1981, 66-67.]
Signed works
* Berlin, Antikensammlung V. I. 4604:
Gordion cup from
Gordion
Gordion (Phrygian language, Phrygian: ; ; or ; ) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, Polatlı, Yassıhüyük, about southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity of ...
* Florence, Museo Archeologico 4209 ("
François Vase", also known as "Klitias krater"): volute krater
* London, British Museum 1948.8-15.1 u. 2; 88.6-1.215, 424, 427 + Cambridge N 206: fragments of a cup from
Naukratis
Naucratis or Naukratis (Ancient Greek: , "Naval Command"; Egyptian language, Egyptian: , , , Coptic language, Coptic: ) was a city and trading-post in ancient Egypt, located on the Canopus, Egypt, Canopic (western-most) branch of the Nile river, ...
* London, British Museum 88.6-1.237, 324, 426; 1948.8-15.3 u. 4: fragments of a cup from Naukratis
*New York, Metropolitan Museum 31.11.4: stand from
Vari
Vari () is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. The ancient Athenian deme of Anagyrous was situated here.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Vo ...
See also
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Painter of Acropolis 606
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Black-figure vase painting
Black-figure pottery painting (also known as black-figure style or black-figure ceramic; ) is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens datin ...
Notes
Bibliography
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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. 76–78.
* Bettina Kreuzer: ''Klitias'', in: Künstlerlexikon der Antike Vol 1, 2001, p. 419–420.
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Klitias in the Beazley-Archive 6th-century BC deaths
6th-century BC Athenians
Ancient Greek vase painters
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