EUPHRONIUS


Meaning of EUPHRONIUS in English

or Euphronios

flourished с 520–470 BC, Athens, Greece

Greek vase painter and potter.

His signature has been identified on 20 vessels, 8 that he signed as painter and 12 as potter. He was an outstanding early proponent of red-figure pottery . His best-known work as a painter is a krater in the Louvre depicting Herakles wrestling Antaeus. As a potter, he worked with the finest vase painters of his time. His greatest rival was Euthymides .

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