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Amasis Painter

550 BC - 510 BC

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The Amasis Painter (active around 550–510 BC in Athens) was an ancient Greek vase painter who worked in the black-figure technique. He owes his name to the signature of the potter Amasis ("Amasis made me"), who signed twelve works painted by the same hand. At the time of the exhibition, "The Amasis Painter and His World" (1985), 132 vases had been attributed to this artist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amasis Painter is the 1,433rd most popular painter (down from 1,371st in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Amasis Painter ranks 1,433 out of 2,023. Before him are John Trumbull, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Juan Fernández Navarrete, Jacoba van Heemskerck, and Theodoor Rombouts. After him are Corneille de Lyon, Amandus Adamson, Ants Laikmaa, Isidore Pils, Emily Carr, and Ilya Glazunov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Amasis Painter ranks 31. Before him are Pasenadi, Nitocris of Babylon, Aristodemus of Cumae, King Jing of Zhou, Aryenis, and Mago I of Carthage. After him are Marcus Valerius Volusus, Brygos Painter, and Hasdrubal I of Carthage. Among people deceased in 510 BC, Amasis Painter ranks 4. Before him are Emperor Annei, Cleobulus, and Ariston of Sparta.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Amasis Painter ranks 439 out of 642. Before him are Lajin (1300), Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380), Ibrahim Moustafa (1904), Michel Pablo (1911), Inji Aflatoun (1924), and André Aciman (1951). After him are Al-Nuwayri (1279), Al-Ashraf Kujuk (1334), Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), Haim Saban (1944), Naguib Sawiris (1954), and Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria (450).

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Among PAINTERS In Egypt

Among painters born in Egypt, Amasis Painter ranks 3. Before him are Antiphilus (-400), and Inji Aflatoun (1924). After him are Ghada Amer (1963), and Fathi Hassan (1957).

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