Telos Painter

Consistent stylistic references in finds point to a unique artistic figure, with John Beazley specifying his name-vase after a red-figured bell-krater[1] in the British Museum.

[2] The vase is said to have been found – not produced – on the small Dodecanese island of Tilos, lying off the Turkish coast between Kos and Rhodes.

Characteristic themes of this artist's work are representations of symposia and the figure of Dionysos: the central scene of the Tilos find is the seated god looking back towards Ariadne with various satyrs in attendance.

The quality of Knight's intriguing bequest, although its context is unknown, indicates the status of Tilos in Classical times and lends the small island a certain notoriety.

Further examples of the work of the Telos Painter are in museum collections around the world,[3] inter alia: Athens,[4] Copenhagen,[5] London,[6] Los Angeles,[7] Madrid,[8] Milan,[9] Moscow,[10] Paris and[11] Vienna.