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the Painter of London D 12

Painter

the Painter of London D 12

Active c. 480–460 BC

School Athenian

Works 20 vases

Identified Identified by Beazley.

Medium confidence

Name & Etymology

Named after an amphora in the British Museum (catalogue number D 12), following Beazley's convention of naming painters after their most characteristic or best-preserved work when no real name is known.

Named by J.D. Beazley in ARV² (1963)

Attribution Confidence Medium

No signed works. Moderate-sized corpus identified by Beazley. Attributions generally accepted but the boundaries of the group are debated.

The Painter of London D 12 was an Athenian red-figure painter known from a group of vases identified by Beazley. The name derives from the inventory number of an amphora in the British Museum.

Scholarly Controversies

The naming convention (after a museum inventory number) reflects how little is known about this painter's identity.

20 vases by the Painter of London D 12

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 · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

RF Kylix · second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Pyxis with Cover

Pyxis with Cover

RF Pyxis · c. 450 BCE

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