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Antidotus was an ancient Greek painter, mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History

Life

Antidotus flourished about 336 BC. According to Pliny he was a pupil of Euphranor, and the teacher of Nicias the Athenian. He worked in encaustic.

Pliny says that "Antidotus, as a painter, was more careful in his works than prolific, and his colouring was of a severe style." He mentions three pictures by him in Athens: "a Combatant armed with a shield; a Wrestler, also; and a Trumpeter, a work which has been considered a most exquisite production."

Pliny is the only writer to have mentioned him.

References

1. ^ Bryan 1886.
2. ^ Pliny the Elder 1857, p. 275.

Sources

• Pliny the Elder (1857). The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6. London: H.G. Bohn. Translation by John Bostock and H.T. Riley.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Antidotus". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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