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13.11.08
Year: 470 a.C.
Dimension: Heigth 37 cm
Note: Reapaird and restored, some fragments lost
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Greek Art - Attic Red-Figure Column Crater by the Pan Painter
 "Cratere Attico attribuito al Pittore di Pan")
 "Cratere Attico attribuito al Pittore di Pan")
 "Cratere Attico attribuito al Pittore di Pan")
 "Cratere Attico attribuito al Pittore di Pan")
Classical Period. A red-figure column crater attributed to the famous Pan Painter, decorated on side A: cross-linked lotus bud on the neck, the panel of main decoration showing farewell scene with a warrior in the centre, holding a large circular shield with chariot device and spear, standing before his wife who extended to him a phiale in her left hand, she hold a small oinochoe in her right hand, his father accompanying him stands behind; Side B : a double ivy band around the rim, main decoration with three standing draped figure
From the collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, acquired by Prince Johann II (1840-1929) in the late 19th/early 20th Century.
The Pan Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter of the Attic red-figure style. His name is derived from a bell crater in the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, which depicts Pan pursuing a shepherd on the front, and the death of Aktaion on the back. He was a pupil of Myson, he probably worked in the Early Classical period, from 480 to at least 460 B.C. More than a hundred vases are attributed to him. His figural scenes are characterised by freshness, skill, humour and irony. His figures can range from coarse to fine, revealing his connections with both Doric and Ionic art. The Pan Painter's work had many distinguishing characteristics, these include round heads on the figures with heavy chins and thick necks, frontal feet with occasionally more than 5 toes, garments that fall in straight folds often grouped in fours, and rocks with stylized cracks sometimes with a yellow wash. An analysis of his oeuvre reveals traits shared with the Berlin Painter and thus revives Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood's suggestion that the Pan Painter was a shop-boy under Myson and later an apprentice to the Berlin Painter. Attention is given to the Pan Painter's treatment of costume, which enlivened his figures and compositions in a manner suiting the range of iconographic types and vessel shapes with which he worked.
Cod. 115/2008
From the collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, acquired by Prince Johann II (1840-1929) in the late 19th/early 20th Century.
The Pan Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter of the Attic red-figure style. His name is derived from a bell crater in the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, which depicts Pan pursuing a shepherd on the front, and the death of Aktaion on the back. He was a pupil of Myson, he probably worked in the Early Classical period, from 480 to at least 460 B.C. More than a hundred vases are attributed to him. His figural scenes are characterised by freshness, skill, humour and irony. His figures can range from coarse to fine, revealing his connections with both Doric and Ionic art. The Pan Painter's work had many distinguishing characteristics, these include round heads on the figures with heavy chins and thick necks, frontal feet with occasionally more than 5 toes, garments that fall in straight folds often grouped in fours, and rocks with stylized cracks sometimes with a yellow wash. An analysis of his oeuvre reveals traits shared with the Berlin Painter and thus revives Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood's suggestion that the Pan Painter was a shop-boy under Myson and later an apprentice to the Berlin Painter. Attention is given to the Pan Painter's treatment of costume, which enlivened his figures and compositions in a manner suiting the range of iconographic types and vessel shapes with which he worked.
Cod. 115/2008
Year: 470 a.C.
Dimension: Heigth 37 cm
Note: Reapaird and restored, some fragments lost
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