The
Achilles Painter, was a
vase-painter active ca. 470-425 BC. His
name vase is an
amphora, Vatican 16571, in the
Vatican museums depicting Achilles. The amphora is dated 450-445 BC. An armed and armored Achilles gazes pensively to the right with one hand on his hip. The other hand holds a spear. On the opposite surface a woman performs libation.