Calypso (painter)

Calypso was an ancient Greek painter who worked around 200 BC. Was active. It is used by Pliny the Elder. Ä. mentioned in his Naturalis historia 35, 147. She is said to have painted the portrait of the juggler Theodoros , the portrait of the dancer Alkisthenes and the portrait of an old man .

literature

P. Knüvener: Calypso . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 399.

personal data
SURNAME	Calypso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient greek painter
DATE OF BIRTH	before 200 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.