Greek
Provenance
Milo John Reginald Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide (1912 – 1973) collection, Ireland
Thence by descent to the honourable Rose Talbot (1916 – 2009), Malahide Castle, Ireland
Christie’s, London, 27 April 1976, lot 208, pl. 18
With Geoffrey Turner, Galerij Ancient Art B. V., Amsterdam
Amsterdam private collection, acquired from the above on 24th January 1980
Literature
The Amykos Painter is arguably the most important of the early Lucanian vase-painters, and he is a figure of considerable influence in the history of Early South Italian vase-painting. The painter takes his name from a hydria now in the Cabinet des Médailles (442), which depicts on its shoulder a representation of the punishment of Amykos. The Amykos Painter, to whom there are now over 200 vases ascribed to his hand, learnt his craft from the Pisticci Painter, the first known South Italian artist. In style and subject the Amykos Painter closely followed his master’s manner decorating bell-kraters with subjects associated with Dionysus, the palaestra and daily life. However, his own characteristic style is prominent in his treatment of the rendering of drapery, and the treatments of youths on the reverse side.