page_title: Analatos Painter
hierarchical_section_title: Analatos Painter
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Protoattisches Fragment einer Votivtafel des Analatos-Malers mit der ältesten bekannten gamalten Inschrift in griechischer Sprache, um 700-675 v. Chr., gefunden auf Ägina, dem Archäologisches Nationalmuseum Athen von Sir John Boardman überlassen (18772) English: Protoattic Fragment of an inscripted plaque by the Analatos Painter with the oldest known painted inscription in greek language, about 700/675 BC., from Aigina, donated by Sir John Boardman to the National Archeological Museum Athens (18772)
context_page_description: The Analatos Painter was an Attic vase painter of the Early Proto-Attic style.
  The name of the Analatos Painter is derived from the central Attic area of Analatos, where several of his works have been excavated. His name vase is a hydria. His period of activity is estimated to be similar to that of the Mesogeia Painter, between c. 700 and 675 BC. It is possible that the Analatos Painter was also a potter.
  The Analatos Painter belongs to the transition from Late Geometric to Early Proto-Attic vase painting. He is thought to have been a pupil of the Late Geometric Statathou Painter. The earliest works ascribed to him are still within a clear Late Geometric tradition. For example, one of his Geometric hydriai depicts a prothesis, showing Egyptian influences. The adoption of eastern influences was a key feature of the subsequent Orientalising Period, of which the Analatos Painter was one of the main early proponents. Characteristic of this new style were fantastic animals, sphinxes without wings or faces, rows of dancing men or women, cable patterns and rosettes.
context_section_description: The Analatos Painter was an Attic vase painter of the Early Proto-Attic style.
  The name of the Analatos Painter is derived from the central Attic area of Analatos (today  Nea Smyrni), where several of his works have been excavated. His name vase is a hydria. His period of activity is estimated to be similar to that of the Mesogeia Painter, between c. 700 and 675 BC. It is possible that the Analatos Painter was also a potter.
  The Analatos Painter belongs to the transition from Late Geometric to Early Proto-Attic vase painting. He is thought to have been a pupil of the Late Geometric Statathou Painter. The earliest works ascribed to him are still within a clear Late Geometric tradition. For example, one of his Geometric hydriai depicts a prothesis (laying-out of a body), showing Egyptian influences. The adoption of eastern influences was a key feature of the subsequent Orientalising Period, of which the Analatos Painter was one of the main early proponents. Characteristic of this new style were fantastic animals, sphinxes without wings or faces, rows of dancing men or women, cable patterns and rosettes. His oldest known amphora, now in the Ashmolean Museum shows a row of two-horsed chariots on its belly, as does a loutrophoros in the Louvre and several other pieces. In the execution of detail, he frequently followed older precepts.
  Besides amphorae and hydriai, he also painted kraters, bowls and lids. A votive plaque attributed to him bears the inscription ΣΟΝΟΣΈΠΙΣΤ (sonos epist), indicating that he was literate; it is the oldest known painted inscription in Greek.
caption: Fragment of a votive plaque bearing the oldest known painted Greek inscription, circa 700–675 BC, found on Aegina. Athens: National Archaeological Museum.
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