Hermaios (potter)
A fragmented tondo depicting a rider in a Thracian costume; signed by the potter Hermaios, decorated by the Hermaios painter
Hermaios ( Greek Ἑρμαῖος ) was a Greek potter who lived at the end of the 6th century BC. Was active in Athens .
Four signed red-figure bowls are known from him , the painting of which, always only in the interior, is ascribed to the Hermaios painter named after him :
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 03.844
- London, British Museum E 34
- London, British Museum 96.10-22.1
- St. Petersburg, Hermitage 647
The two London bowls are two early examples of the Form C Attic bowls, which had recently been perfected by the potter Kachrylion . After his time at Hermaios, the Hermaios painter probably also worked for the same Kachrylion.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic red-figure vase-painters . 2nd ed. Oxford 1963, pp. 110-111.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hermaios (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 301.
Web links
Commons : Hermaios - collection of images, videos and audio files
Remarks
- ^ Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , inventory number 03.844; John D. Beazley: Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², 109.1, 110.1; Entry in the online database of the Beazley Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermaios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἑρμαῖος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |