![]() The Berlin vessel, a kalyx krater for mixing wine and water, names neither painter nor potter but the large figural scenes between widely-set handles can be convincingly connected to works signed by Euphronios. His painting certainly matches that of Euthymides in terms of inventiveness and the fine figural rendering. ![]() With this phrase he recorded his rivalry with an apparently younger competitor, one who (if we correctly read the evidence) first painted and later potted his own vessels – thus developing an enviable career from worker to workshop owner. ![]() ![]() Shortly before 500 BC, the Athenian vase painter Euthymides wrote on one luxury vessel that he had painted it “as Euphronios never” could have done. ![]()
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