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“Dionysus Crossing the Sea,” interior of a kylix (shallow drinking cup) by Exekias, c. 535 bc; in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles Figure 118: Achilles slaying Penthesilea, Attic amphorain the black-figure style, signed by Exekias, c. 530 BC.In the British Museum. Height 41.3 cm. Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550-540 BC. In the Vatican Museum. Height 61 cm.
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Also Known As Execias
Flourished c.550 BCE - c.525 BCE
Movement / Style black-figure pottery

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“Dionysus Crossing the Sea,” interior of a kylix (shallow drinking cup) by Exekias, c. 535 bc; in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich
Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles
Figure 118: Achilles slaying Penthesilea, Attic amphorain the black-figure style, signed by Exekias, c. 530 BC.In the British Museum. Height 41.3 cm.
Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550-540 BC. In the Vatican Museum. Height 61 cm.
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Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist
Theseus killing the Minotaur
Kleophrades Painter
Greek artist
Euphronios
Greek artist
Athenian red-figure cup, detail of a bearded reveler by the Brygos Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Louvre, Paris.
Brygos Painter
Greek artist
“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
Amasis Painter
Greek artist
Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.
Berlin Painter
Greek artist
Achilles Painter
Greek painter
Euthymides: Hector donning his breastplate
Euthymides
Athenian vase painter
Niobid Painter
Niobid Painter
Greek artist
Mask of Medusa, top view of stand made by Ergotimos and painted by Kleitias, c. 560 bc; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Kleitias
Greek artist
Greek psykter depicting reveling satyrs
Douris
Greek artist
“Barbarian Archer in Scythian Costume,” Athenian plate by Epictetus, late 6th century bc; in the British Museum
Epictetus
Greek artist
“Peleus Taming Thetis,” pelike by the Marsyas Painter, c. 340–330 bc; in the British Museum
Marsyas Painter
Greek artist
Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum
Meidias Painter
Greek artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Raoul Dufy
French painter
Japanese side dish
Ogata Kenzan
Japanese artist
Zeuxis
Greek artist
Apelles
Greek painter

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