Rycroft Painter

The Rycroft Painter was a painter vases from Attica in ancient Greece. Its the last decade of the 6th century BC dated works in the black-figure style fall into the late period of this epoch.

The Rycroft Painter is the same time as red-figure vase painting located in the upturn already very close. He often shows figures in outline drawing. Especially like he shows Dionysian scenes, but are representing the topics full of poise and dignity, his best pictures. This he presented mostly on Bauchamphoren of type A. It is the Priam Painter and Psiax close, but do not have to hide behind which his pictures of the red-figure painters of the pioneer group. The Rycroft painter is thus one of the best vase painter of his style and his time. A stylistically close contemporary was the painter of Tarquinia RC 6847th