Agathon (potter)
Agathon ( ancient Greek Ἀγάθων ) was a native of the 2nd quarter of the 5th century BC. A potter and possibly also a vase painter in Athens .
A red-figure painted pyxis with a representation of Zeus and Hera has been preserved from Agathon , which is now in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities (Inv.No. VI 3308). While John D. Beazley still led the painter as an unknown Agathon painter , modern research considers it likely that Agathon painted the Berlin pyxis himself. The style of painting is close to the so-called Lewis painter . Based on the style, a number of other red-figure works are ascribed to the performing painter.
Attributed works (painting)
- Altenburg, Lindenau Museum
- Skyphos (213307)
- Athens, National Archaeological Museum
- Skyphos (Acr. 2,489)
- Austin, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
- Skyphos (T 336)
- Berlin, Collection of Antiquities
- Pyxis (VI 3308 - signed by Agathon as a potter)
- Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico
- Skyphos (494)
- Eleusis, Archaeological Museum
- Skyphos (578)
- London, British Museum
- Skyphos (E 142)
- Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
- Skyphos (1947.118)
- Whereabouts unknown
- Skyphos (provable in 1984 in German private ownership)
- Skyphos (auctioned on 10/11 December 1992 at Sotheby's in London - not identical to the aforementioned Skyphos)
- Skyphos (most recently found on the Paris art market)
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Red-figure Vase-painters , 2nd ed. Oxford 1963, pp. 977 f.
- Konrad Zimmermann : Agathon (I) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 10 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agathon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek potter and possibly vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |