ATTRIBUTED TO THE ERETRIA PAINTER, CIRCA 430-425 B.C.

According to G. Richter (Attic Red-Figured Vases, p. 133), the Eretria Painter "is distinguished especially for his exquisite line. His gentle faces and beautifully drawn hands impart an almost exaggerated air of refinement to his figures." The tondo depicts two wreathed athletes holding spears. That one stands on a plinth suggests that he was the winner of the javelin contest. The exterior depicts athletes and trainers, almost identical to those on another kylix also by the Eretria Painter formerly in the Castle Ashby Collection, now in Houston at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (see BAPD no. 217011).