Aristophanes (painter)

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Bowl of Aristophanes, Berlin, Antikensammlung F 2531: Gigantomachie

Aristophanes ( Greek  Ἀριστοφάνης ) was a Greek vase painter of the Attic red-figure style who lived between 430 and 400 BC. Was active in Athens .

We know of three signed works by him, two bowls made by Erginos in Berlin ( Antikensammlung ) and Boston ( Museum of Fine Arts ) and a small fragment of a bell crater in Agrigento ( Museo Archeologico Regionale ). Based on these works, a number of other works are ascribed to him.

Prize amphoras of the Kuban group, attributed to Aristophanes, Hildesheim, Römer- und Pelizaeus-Museum 1253 and 1254

For stylistic reasons, he was also assigned black-figure Panathenaic price amphoras from the Kuban group .

Aristophanes belongs to the environment of the Meidias painter . He strove to make his body appear as alive as possible. They are characterized by carefully separated, sometimes a little artificial lines, which are particularly visible in the clothes and hair of his figures.

Selected Works

  • Agrigento, Museo Archeologico Regionale
Fragment of a bell crater
  • Berlin, Collection of Antiquities
Bowl F 2531 • Lekythos F 2706
  • Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Bowl 00.344 • bowl 00.345
  • Hildesheim, Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum
Price amphora 1253 • Price amphora 1254

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SURNAME Aristophanes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἀριστοφάνης
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.