Phrynos Painter


The Phrynos Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens between c. 560 and 545 BC.
He was allocated the conventional name Phrynos Painter after the potter Phrynos, as he had painted three cups signed by the latter:
The London cup is considered a masterpiece of the black-figure style. The Phrynos Painter belongs to the so-called Little masters; his paintings are very fine in detail and lively in style. Although a number of vases can be ascribed to him, his style is not yet fully understood.

Further works (some disputed)

He also painted five small neck amphorae of the Botkin Class: