MANNER OF THE ANTIMENES PAINTER, CIRCA 530-520 B.C.

The Antimenes Painter was a talented and prolific black-figure vase-painter of the last quarter of the 6th century B.C. whom Beazley considered a pupil of Lydos. He was a contemporary of the first generation of red-figure artists but seems never to have painted in the new technique or been influenced by it (see p. 109 in J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases). The decorative scheme on the amphora presented here is nearly identical to that employed by the Antimenes Painter but the figural work, while in his manner, is not by him. Beazley lists a number of vases to the Manner of the Antimenes Painter (Attic Black-figure Vase-Painters, pp. 276-280). Chariot scenes and combat groups, as seen on the present example, were popular with the Antimenes Painter and his followers.