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

The Triptolemos Painter was an

ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

vase painter, belonging to the

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red-figure 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 ( el, Εὐφρόνιος; 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 ...

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

Hieron Hiero or hieron (; grc, ἱερόν, "holy place") is a holy shrine, temple, or temple precinct in ancient Greece. Hiero may also refer to: Places and jurisdictions * Hieron, Caria, an Ancient city and former bishopric in Asia Minor, now Avs ...

and

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. Initially, his style was strongly influenced by

Archaic Archaic is a period of time preceding a designated classical period, or something from an older period of time that is also not found or used currently: *List of archaeological periods **Archaic Sumerian language, spoken between 31st - 26th cent ...

art. His later works are mediocre in quality. Nonetheless, his repertoire is broad, reaching from the Apaturia procession via erotic scenes and Theban scenes to the departure of

Triptolemos In Greek mythology, Triptolemus ( el, Τριπτόλεμος, ''Triptólemos'', lit. "threefold warrior"; also known as Buzyges) is a figure connected with the goddess Demeter of the Eleusinian Mysteries. He was either a mortal prince, the el ...

(his name vase).

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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