ATTRIBUTED TO THE BRYGOS PAINTER, CIRCA 480 B.C.

Together with Douris, Onesimos and Makron, the Brygos Painter was one of the leading painters of the first generation after the Pioneers. Of all the artists active at this time, the Brygos Painter demonstrates some of the most innovative and highly expressive poses based on observations of nature. He is especially adept at portraying situations from everyday life. This lekythos shows a young Athenian singing while playing his kithara. Based on current scholarship, he painted a broad range of subjects and seems to have been trained in the workshop of Onesimos. Cf. M. Robertson, The Art of Vase Painting in Classical Athens, Cambridge, 1992, pp. 93-100.