Istrokles

Istrokles (Ἰστροκλές) was an ancient Greek vase painter or potter who lived around 640 BC. Was active in Smyrna .

Istrokles is only known from a fragmentary inscription on the fragment of a dinosaur . The dinosaur was probably dedicated to the goddess Artemis . Today the rest of the dinosaur is in the Izmir Archaeological Museum . It is unclear whether the signature can be ascribed to the potter or the vase painter who decorated the vessel.

literature

Rainer Vollkommer : Istrokles. In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 364.

personal data
SURNAME	Istrokles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek vase painter or potter
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	7th century BC Chr.