( fl c. 440–c. 415 BC). Greek vase painter. He was among the most prolific and original Classical Athenian Red-figure artists and was named after an epinetron from Eretria (Athens, N. Archaeol. Mus., 1629). Almost 150 vases painted by him survive, of which about 90 are cups, the rest including various shapes of pots and two epinetra. Of the cups, 80 come from one workshop, which also employed three lesser artists, the Calliope Painter, the Disney Painter and the Painter of the Naples Hydriskai. When depicting athletes and youths the Eretria Painter usually adhered to standard workshop designs. However, he devised his own compositions for dancing satyrs and Amazons (cups, Taranto, Mus. N., 8720; Naples, Mus. Archeol. N., H 2613). He produced unusual depictions of the deeds of Theseus and used inscriptions to transform a common departure scene into an episode from the Trojan War, one of his favourite subjects (cup, Ferrara, Mus. N. Archeol., T 128). He probably also portrayed the Thessalians who arrived to support Athens early in the Peloponnesian War (cup, Malibu, CA, Getty Mus., 85.AE.474).

Part of the Vase painters family

• Eretria Painter
  • Greece, ancient, §V, 6(i)(c): Attic Red-figure pottery: Early and High Classical
  • Greece, ancient, §V, 6(i)(d): Attic Red-figure pottery: Late 5th century B