Anagyrus Painter

Plate with depiction of gorgons, 'Ccirca 600/575 BC; National Museum, Athens.

The Anagyros Painter or Anagyrus Painter was a vase painter of the early Attic black-figure style, active in the first quarter of the 6th century BC. His works have only been found in inland Attica, mainly at Vari (ancient Anagyros, which is the base of his conventional name), but not in Athens itself. It is thus assumed that he was not active within the city and only produced for a very limited rural area. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, he did not paint '’lekanes’’ but various large formats, such as amphorae, kantharoi, chalices, oinochoai and plates.

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