Goltyr Painter
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The Goltyr Painter was an Attic vase painter of the black-figure style. He was active in the second quarter of the sixth century BC. He is well known for his work on Tyrrhenian amphorae.[1] He mostly painted animals, often with rather bulbous heads.
Bibliography[edit]
- John Beazley: Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 94-106.
- John Boardman: Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch, Mainz, 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9, p. 41.
- Jeroen Kluiver: The Tyrrhenian Group of Black-figure Vases. From the Athenian Kerameikos to the Tombs of South Etruria, Amsterdam, 2003 ISBN 90-72067-10-X
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External links[edit]
- Images and descriptions of a Goltyr Painter vase held by the Tampa Museum of Art. Perseus Digital Library.