The Dragon of Kholkis disgorges Jason, attrbuted to Douris, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano.

"Douris" (Δούρις, Duris) was a greek vase painter who flourished in the 5th century BCE known for his red-figure pottery though he also utilized the black figure technique. His signature has been found on 40 vases, and more than 200 have been attributed to him. He seems to have been a popular artist of his time: a cup by Onesimos (Bowdoin Coll. A.,1930.1) depicts a woman holding a skyphos bearing Douris's name, also a work by the Triptolemos Painter (Berlin, Staatl. Museen Preuss. Kultbes., 2286) - who might have been his pupil- has the Douris signature, probably to increase its' value. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1592x1624, 493 KB) Summary File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gorgon Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1592x1624, 493 KB) Summary File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gorgon Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Krater (mixing bowl), 6th century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens The pottery of ancient Greece is one of the most tangible and iconic elements of ancient Greek art. ... Detail of Athenian calyx krater by the Aegisthus painter — 460 BC Red-figure pottery is a style of archaic Greek pottery, later adopted in southern Italy. ... A black-figure krater (mixing bowl), 6th century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens The black-figure pottery technique is a style of ancient Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black silhouettes on a red background. ...

Trivia

A kylix attributed to Douris and the potter Python sold at Christie's NY in June 2000 for $1,766,000 making the record for the most paid for an Attic red-figure vase.

References

• Diana Buitron-Oliver: Douris. A master-painter of Athenian red-figure vases. Mainz 1995. (Forschungen zur antiken Keramik : Reihe 2, Kerameus ; 9)
• Edmond Pottier: Douris and the painters of greek vases, London, 1909

External links

• Getty Museum biography of Douris
• Essay on Douris
• Douris kylix in Kimbell Art Museum
• Douris collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston