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Lot Essay
Together with Douris, Onesimos and Makron, the Brygos Painter was one of the leading cup-painters of his generation. According to J. Boardman (p. 135 in Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period), his style derives from Onesimos’ earliest works and “of all Archaic artists he demonstrates best the new command of pose based on observation and quite independent of the stock repertory of figures in action or quiet.”
The tondo of the present kylix depicts a bearded man draped in a himation, facing right, leaning on a walking stick and holding out a sash. To the left is a stool, above which hangs an aryballos and a strigil. For a related scene by the painter, see the kylix in New York, no. 44 in G.M.A Richter and L.F. Hall, Red-Figure Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The tondo of the present kylix depicts a bearded man draped in a himation, facing right, leaning on a walking stick and holding out a sash. To the left is a stool, above which hangs an aryballos and a strigil. For a related scene by the painter, see the kylix in New York, no. 44 in G.M.A Richter and L.F. Hall, Red-Figure Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.