Sexual act at tondo of attic red-figure kylix by the Triptolemos Painter

The Triptolemos Painter was an

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vase painter, belonging to the

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style. He was active in Athens between 490 and 470 BC. His real name is not known. He started working in the workshop of

Euphronios Euphronios (; c. 535 – after 470 BC) was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter, active in Athens in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. As part of the so-called " Pioneer Group," (a modern name given to a group of vase painters who we ...

, where he was probably taught by Douris. Later, he also worked for the potters

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and

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. Initially, his style was strongly influenced by Archaic art. His later works are mediocre in quality. Nonetheless, his repertoire is broad, reaching from the

Apaturia Apaturia () were ancient Greek festivals held annually by all the Ionian towns, except Ephesus and Colophon. At Athens the Apaturia took place on the 11th, 12th and 13th days of the month of Pyanepsion (mid-October to mid-November), on which o ...

procession via erotic scenes and Theban scenes to the departure of

Triptolemos Triptolemus (), also known as Buzyges (), was a hero of Eleusis (Boeotia), Eleusis in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and is worshipped as the inventor and patron of agriculture. Triptolemus is credited with being the fir ...

(his

name vase In classical archaeology, a name vase is a specific "vase"In the study of ancient Greek pottery a "vase" is a general term covering all pottery shapes. whose painter's name is unknown but whose workshop style has been identified. The painter is c ...

Bibliography

* Margot Schmidt: ''Der Zorn des Achill. Ein Stamnos des Triptolemosmalers''. In: Opus nobile. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Ulf Jantzen (Wiesbaden 1969) p. 141-152. * Elfriede R. Knauer: ''Ein Skyphos des Triptolemosmalers'' (Berlin 1973) (Winckelmannsprogramme der Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin, 125). * Elfriede R. Knauer:
Fragments of a cup by the Triptolemos Painter
' In: ''Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies'' 17 (1976) p. 209-216. * Elfriede R. Knauer: ''Two cups by the Triptolemos Painter. New light on two Athenian festivals?'' In: ''Archäologischer Anzeiger'' 1996, p. 221-246. * Elfriede R. Knauer: ''Fragments of a cup by the Triptolemos Painter from the Undset-Blindheim Collection''. In: ''Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia'' s.a. 9 (1997) p. 17-19.

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Works at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtWork and fragments at the Getty Museum
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