Proklees (potter)
Proklees (or Prokles, Greek Προκλἣς ) was a Greek potter who worked in Athens in the last quarter of the 6th century BC. Chr.
He is only known for his incised signature ΠΡΟΚΛΕΕΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕ on a black band on the lower edge of a plastic vessel in the form of a woman's head ( head vessel class Ebis) from Tanagra , today in Berlin, Antikensammlung F 2202, which dates from around 520 to 510 BC. Is to be dated. On the underside of the foot it shows the representation of a young man with a panther on his arm, the handles of the vessel are designed in the shape of a snake.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford, University Press, Oxford 1956, p. 350.
- John D. Beazley: Attic Red-figure Vase-painters . 2nd edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1963, p. 1533.
- Antony E. Raubitschek , Isabelle Raubitschek : Early Boeotian Potters. In: Hesperia 35, 1966, p. 160.
- Beth Cohen : The Literate Potter. A Tradition of Incised Signatures on Attic. Vases . In: Metropolitan Museum Journal 26, 1991, pp. 76-77.
- Juliane Weinig: Proklees. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , pp. 321–322.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Proklees |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prokles; Προκλἣς |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC Chr. |