Kleitias
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Kleitias (Greek: Κλειτίας, sometimes rendered as Klitias) was an ancient Athenian vase painter of the black-figure style who flourished BCE. Kleitias' most celebrated work today is the François Vase (), which bears over two hundred figures in its six friezes. Painted inscriptions on four pots and one ceramic stand name Kleitias as their painter and Ergotimos as their potter, showing the craftsmen's close collaboration. A variety of other fragments have been attributed to him on a stylistic basis.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Native language
- Ancient Greek
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- Kleitias
- date of death
- 0600-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- date of birth
- 0615-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Ergotimos
- has works in the collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- floruit
- 0600-00-00
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Kleitias (Greek: Κλειτίας, sometimes rendered as Klitias) was an ancient Athenian vase painter of the black-figure style who flourished BCE. Kleitias' most celebrated work today is the François Vase (), which bears over two hundred figures in its six friezes. Painted inscriptions on four pots and one ceramic stand name Kleitias as their painter and Ergotimos as their potter, showing the craftsmen's close collaboration. A variety of other fragments have been attributed to him on a stylistic basis.
== Signed works == thumb|The "François Vase" Berlin, Antikensammlung V. I. 4604: Gordion cup from Gordion Florence, Museo Archeologico 4209 ("François Vase", also known as "Klitias krater"): volute krater London, British Museum 1948.8-15.1 u. 2; 88.6-1.215, 424, 427 + Cambridge N 206: fragments of a cup from Naukratis London, British Museum 88.6-1.237, 324, 426; 1948.8-15.3 u. 4: fragments of a cup from Naukratis New York, Metropolitan Museum 31.11.4: stand from Vari
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