Codrus Painter

The Codrus Painter was a Greek vase-painter of the Attic red-figure style who flourished between 440 and 420 BC.^[1] His actual name is unknown and his conventional name is derived from his name-vase, now in Bologna, which depicts the mythical Athenian king, Codrus.^[2] He is most famous for his red-figure kylix showing the deeds of Theseus, now in the British Museum.^[3] Stylistically the Codrus Painter is close to the Aison and the Eretria Painter, and his vases have been found in three tombs with these artists.^[4]

References

1. Avramidou, Amalia (2011). The Codrus Painter: Iconography and Reception of Athenian Vases in the Age of Pericles. Madison: Wisconsin University Press. p. 5.
2. Avramidou, Amalia (2011). The Codrus Painter: Iconography and Reception of Athenian Vases in the Age of Pericles. Madison: Wisconsin University Press. p. 3.
3. "A Red-figure kylix by the Codrus Painter". The British Museum, London.
4. Avramidou, Amalia (2011). The Codrus Painter: Iconography and Reception of Athenian Vases in the Age of Pericles. Madison: Wisconsin University Press. pp. 5–6.