{{Short description|Ancient Greek vase painter}}

'''Kleitias''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: Κλειτίας, sometimes rendered as '''Klitias'''<ref>The form ''Kleitias'' was firmly established by [[G. M. A. Richter]], "A Stand by Kleitias and an Athenian Jug", in: ''The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin'' 26.12, Part 1 (December 1931:289-294) esp. p. 290. In scholarly literature, it is often written ''Klitias'' (like on the François Vase) because the Ancient Greek diphthong ''ei'' is frequently rendered as ''i'' in post-antique transliterations of Ancient Greek words and names.</ref>) was an ancient [[Athens|Athenian]] vase painter of the [[Black-figure pottery|black-figure style]] who flourished {{circa|570–560}} BCE. Kleitias' most celebrated work today is the [[François Vase]] ({{circa|570 BCE}}), which bears over two hundred figures in its six friezes. Painted inscriptions on four pots and one ceramic stand name Kleitias as their painter and [[Ergotimos]] as their potter,<ref>See [[J. D. Beazley]], Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford 1956) 76-78.</ref> showing the craftsmen's close collaboration.<ref>There is only one pot with an inscription naming Ergotimos as its potter which has '''not''' been attributed to Kleitias as a painter. See J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford 1956) 79-80.</ref> A variety of other fragments have been attributed to him on a stylistic basis.<ref>See the essential list in J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford 1956) 77-79. Examples found or attributed later include particularly D. von Bothmer, "A New Kleitias Fragment from Egypt", in: ''Antike Kunst'' 24, 1981, 66-67.</ref>

== Signed works == [[Image:Kleitias e vasaio ergotimos, cratere françois, 570 ac ca. 02.JPG|thumb|The "François Vase"]] * Berlin, Antikensammlung V. I. 4604: [[Gordion cup]] from [[Gordion]] * Florence, Museo Archeologico 4209 ("[[François Vase]]", also known as "Klitias krater"): volute krater * London, British Museum 1948.8-15.1 u. 2; 88.6-1.215, 424, 427 + Cambridge N 206: fragments of a cup from [[Naucratis|Naukratis]] * London, British Museum 88.6-1.237, 324, 426; 1948.8-15.3 u. 4: fragments of a cup from Naukratis *New York, Metropolitan Museum 31.11.4: stand from [[Vari]]

== See also == * [[Painter of Acropolis 606]] * [[Black-figure pottery|Black-figure vase painting]]

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== Bibliography == * [[John Beazley]]: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 76–78. * Bettina Kreuzer: ''Klitias'', in: Künstlerlexikon der Antike Vol 1, 2001, p. 419–420.

== External links == {{Commons}} * [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?target=en%2C0;collection=Perseus%3Acollection%3ABeazley;lookup=Kleitias;formentry=1;template=;searchText=;alts=1;extern=1;group=collcat;detail=Perseus%3Acollection%3ABeazley;.cgifields=group;.cgifields=alts;.cgifields=type;.cgifields=extern#Perseus:collection:Beazley Klitias in the Beazley-Archive] [[Category:6th-century BC deaths]] [[Category:6th-century BC Athenians]] [[Category:Ancient Greek vase painters]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]]