Brygos Painter
Brygos Painter | |
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Red-figure kylix by the Brygos Painter (c. 480 BC), Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich | |
| Born | c. 490–470 BC Athens, Greece |
| Notable work | Brygos Cup |
| Movement | Red-figure, Late Archaic–Early Classical |
The Brygos Painter was an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter of the Late Archaic period. Together with Onesimos, Douris and Makron, he is among the most important cup painters of his time. He was active in the first third of the 5th century BCE, especially in the 480s and 470s BCE. He was a prolific artist to whom over two hundred vases have been attributed, but he is perhaps best known for the Brygos Cup, a red-figure kylix in the Louvre which depicts the "iliupersis" or sack of Troy.