Naukratis painter

Bowl with Zeus - possibly as a representation of a primitive statue - and his eagle; around 570 BC Chr .; Paris, Louvre E 668

The Naukratis Painter ( English Naukratis Painter ) was a laconic vase painter , active in the 2nd quarter of the 6th century BC. Chr.

Bowl depicting a sphinx; around 560 BC Chr .; Paris, Louvre E 664

The Naukratis painter was recognized by Conrad M. Stibbe in 1972 during a fundamental revision of the well-known laconic material. 116 vases were ascribed to him. Along with the Arkesilas painter , the equestrian painter , the Boreaden painter and the hunting painter, he is one of the main painters of the laconic style. With the Boreaden painter, he formed the first generation of laconic vase painting and probably headed the first workshop in which other craftsmen worked alongside him who are attributed to his artistic circle. It got its emergency name after a bowl found in Naukratis . In addition to bowls, he also decorated amphorae and the laconic forms Lakaina and Krater lakonikos . The Naukratis painter was probably also a potter, from which peculiarities in the form of the picture carrier of the painter suggest. Two fragments found in the Demeter sanctuary in Cyrene show that he could write. This makes him the only known laconic painter who used inscriptions alongside the hunting painter. The design of the three-part Iota suggests that the artist did not come from Laconia .

In the tondo as well as on the outside of the bowls, the Naukratis painter showed animal friezes that were mainly influenced by Corinthian vase painting , which in his early creative period had a strong shape and were mainly decorated with purple covering paint. In his later period the use of colors made the animals slimmer. Even with the motifs there is a development of animals, hybrid beings, Boreads , Gorgons , and Sphinx to humans. His chronologically first scene, which only represented a human subject, was a binge scene. Battle depictions also followed later.

literature

Conrad M. Stibbe : Laconic vase painters of the sixth century BC Chr. Amsterdam 1972, ISBN 0-7204-8020-5 , pp. 45-85.
John Boardman : Early Greek Vase Painting. 11th - 6th Century BC. A Handbook (= World of Art ). Thames and Hudson, London 1998, ISBN 0-500-20309-1 , pp. 187-188.
Thomas Mannack : Greek vase painting. An introduction . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1743-2 , pp. 126-127.
Conrad M. Stibbe: Laconic vase painters of the sixth century BC Chr. Supplement . Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-8053-3279-3 , pp. 9-30.

Web links

Commons : Naukratis Painter - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Naukratis Painter at Oxford Reference
The Naukratis Painter (Biographical details) on the British Museum website

Remarks

^ Today in London, British Museum B 4 ( British Museum database ).
^ Conrad M. Stibbe, Massimo Nafissi: Laconian Mixing Bowls. A History of the Lakonikos Crater from the Seventh to Fith Centur. Allard Pierson Museum, 1989, ISBN 9071211169 , p. 18
↑ Gerald P. Schaus : A Foreign Vase Painter in Sparta. In: American Journal of Archeology 83, 1979, pp. 102-106.

personal data
SURNAME	Naukratis painter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Naukratis Painter (English name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	laconic vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.

[1] Today in London, British Museum B 4 ( British Museum database ).

[2] Conrad M. Stibbe, Massimo Nafissi: Laconian Mixing Bowls. A History of the Lakonikos Crater from the Seventh to Fith Centur. Allard Pierson Museum, 1989, ISBN 9071211169 , p. 18

[3] Gerald P. Schaus : A Foreign Vase Painter in Sparta. In: American Journal of Archeology 83, 1979, pp. 102-106.