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the Euaion Painter

Active c. 460–440 BC
School Athenian
Works 25 vases
Identified Identified by Beazley.
High confidence
Style & Characteristics
Classical refinement; quiet, graceful figures; careful drapery rendering; preference for symposium and domestic scenes.
Name & Etymology
Named after the kalos inscription "Euaion kalos" that frequently appears on his vases. Euaion was the son of the tragedian Aeschylus, providing a valuable historical connection.
Named by J.D. Beazley in ARV² (1963)
Attribution Confidence High
No signed works, but a large corpus with very consistent style. The kalos name Euaion (son of Aeschylus) provides secure dating evidence. Well-accepted attributions.
The Euaion Painter was an Athenian red-figure cup-painter active c. 460–440 BC. Named after the kalos name Euaion, who was probably the son of the tragedian Aeschylus, he was one of the leading cup-painters of the Early Classical period. He was a pupil or close follower of Douris.
Scholarly Controversies
The identification of the kalos Euaion with the son of Aeschylus is generally accepted but not provable.
25 vases by the Euaion Painter
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
RF Pyxis · 450-440 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)