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Kleitias

Header: Kleitias
Also known as: Kleitias; primary name: Kleitias
Details: unknown; painter/draughtsman; Greek
Other dates: 575BC-550BC
Biography: Athenian black-figure vase-painter who signed a number of vases egrapsen (painted it). An exquisite draughtsman, he decorated both large and small vessels with delicacy and expressiveness. As sensitive to narrative as to design, he could use small, precisely incised figures to convey the comic aspects of the story of the Return of Hephaistos, the tragic death of Troilos or the heroic solemnity of Ajax carrying the body of Achilles. He often worked with the potter Ergotimos and both potter and painter proudly signed the impressive volute krater in Florence known as the François vase (named in honour of the man who patiently put it together out of numerous fragments). Fragments of particularly good vases decorated by Kleitias have been found as far apart as Spain and Egypt. A number of unsigned vases and fragments have been attributed to his hand on the basis of style.
Bibliography: Beazley ABV 76-78 Boardman ABFH 33-34.

20 related objects

gordion cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.4 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Painted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.438 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Close to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.3 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Painted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.2 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.215 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.425 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.324 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Painted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.427 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

gordion cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.1 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.237 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Painted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.435 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Close to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.424 |
Producer name: Made by:ErgotimosPainted by:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

gordion cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.426 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Attributed to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 570BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

gordion cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.5 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Close to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

kantharos

Museum number: 1888,0601.446 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Pupil of:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

kantharos

Museum number: AshmLoan.110 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Attributed to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

lebes gamikos

Museum number: 1888,0601.441 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Near:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi (Naukratis)

lebes gamikos

Museum number: 1888,0601.442 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Near:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-560BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi (Naukratis)

lip-cup

Museum number: 1948,0815.14 |
Producer name: BIOG59048 Attributed to:Kleitias |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 565BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis