Hippeus (painter)
Hippeus ( ancient Greek Ἱππεύς ) was a Greek painter who worked in Athens .
Polemon von Ilion tells of a picture that showed the wedding of Peirithoos . According to the description, it was characterized by its light and shadow effects, which is why it was built in the 4th century BC at the earliest. Is dated. Since Polemon in the 2nd century BC Chr. Lived, the lifetime of the Hippeus can only be limited to this period.
Pliny mentions two paintings by an artist named Hyppis or Hyppus (reading unsure), one depicting Poseidon and the other Nike . It is possible that the painter of these pictures can be identified with Hippeus.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Hippeus 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Sp. 1700 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hippeus . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 320.
Remarks
- ^ Polemon in Athenaios , Deipnosophistai 11, 474d.
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis Historia 35, 141.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hippeus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἱππεύς |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter who worked in Athens |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 5th century BC BC and 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 4th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |