( fl c. 515–c. 500 BC). Greek vase painter. Euthymides signed eight Athenian vases, six as painter, the other two as potter, one of which, an oinochoe (New York, Met., 1981.11.9), he clearly did not paint. Like EUPHRONIOS (see above) and PHINTIAS (see below), Euthymides was a member of the Pioneer group of artists who explored the possibilities of the recently invented Red-figure technique. His inscription Euphronios never did anything this good on the back of a Type A amphora (Munich, Staatl. Antikensamml., 2307) is probably a playful challenge to the younger artist rather than a taunt and clearly implies that painters were aware of each other’s work.

Part of the Vase painters family

• Euthymides
  • Vase painters, §II: Phintias
  • pupils
    • Greece, ancient, §V, 6(i)(b): Attic Red-figure pottery: Late Archaic
    • Vase painters, §II: Berlin Painter
    • Vase painters, §II: Kleophrades Painter
  • works
    • Greece, ancient, §V, 1(vi)(e): Pottery inscriptions: Other texts
    • Greece, ancient, §V, 6(i)(a): Attic Red-figure pottery: The first generation