Praxias painter

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As Praxias painter is one Etruscan vase painter of the pseudo-style red-figure referred.

The Praxias painter belonged to a group of vase painters named after him as their main representative, the Praxias group , which probably had its workshop in Vulci and produced abdominal amphorae , neck amphorae , stamnoi , pelicas , kraters , hydrias , jugs and single-handled kantharoi . Inscriptions in Greek were found on four vessels assigned to the Praxias painter , which is why some scholars consider the artist to be a Greek who emigrated to Etruria . The painter's works date to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Dated.

literature

  • Reinhard Lullies in Antique Works of Art from the Ludwig Collection. Volume 1. Early clay sarcophagi and vases. von Zabern, Mainz 1979, pp. 178-181, ISBN 3-8053-0439-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Praxias painter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Practice painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Etruscan vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.