Painter of the Vatican Mourner

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Name vase for the Painter of the Vatican Mourner Woman mourning a dead warrior, Attic black-figured amphora, by the Painter of the Vatican Mourner, c. 530 BC, inv. 16589 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01056.jpg
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The Painter of the Vatican Mourner was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in the middle of the sixth century BC and closely connected with the artists of the E Group. His real name is not known. His name vase is in the Vatican Museum [1] and depicts a mourning woman standing before the nude body of a dead man on a bed of straw. There is no consensus on the interpretation of the scene. Eos and Sarpedon have been suggested, as have Oinone and Paris. John Boardman describes him as a thoughtful but sometimes inprecise artist. [2]

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References

  1. Inv. Vatican 16589 (Albizzati 350)
  2. John Boardman: Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen, Mainz 1977, p. 70