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Achilles Painter

470 BC - 425 BC

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The Achilles Painter was a vase-painter active ca. 470–425 BC. His name vase is an amphora, Vatican 16571, in the Vatican Museums depicting Achilles and dated 450–445 BC. An armed and armored Achilles gazes pensively to the right with one hand on his hip. The other hand holds a spear. On the opposite surface a woman performs libation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Achilles Painter is the 918th most popular painter (down from 887th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Greece (down from 449th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Achilles Painter ranks 918 out of 2,023. Before him are Maria van Oosterwijck, Abraham Bosse, Roland Penrose, Frits Thaulow, Laurent de La Hyre, and Paulus Moreelse. After him are January Suchodolski, Il Pordenone, Cornelis Cort, Plautilla Nelli, Joseph Anton Koch, and Adolf Ziegler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470 BC, Achilles Painter ranks 8. Before him are Aspasia, Mozi, Philolaus, Melissus of Samos, Callicrates, and Hippocrates of Chios. After him is Teres I. Among people deceased in 425 BC, Achilles Painter ranks 3. Before him are Herodotus, and Zeno of Elea.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Achilles Painter ranks 480 out of 1,024. Before him are Battus I of Cyrene (-580), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), Archidamus IV (-400), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), and Tommy Lee (1962). After him are Spyridon Samaras (1861), Alexandros Koryzis (1885), Silanion (-400), Krste Misirkov (1874), Kresilas (-480), and Dorieus (-600).

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Achilles Painter ranks 6. Before him are El Greco (1541), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Jannis Kounellis (1936), and Agatharchus (-500). After him are Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), and Yannis Tsarouchis (1910).

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