Asteas

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title: "Asteas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["4th-century-bc-greek-people", "ancient-greek-vase-painters", "people-from-the-province-of-salerno", "painters-from-campania", "lucanian-greeks", "artists-of-magna-graecia"] description: "4th-century BC Greek (Paestan) Vase painter" topic_path: "general/4th-century-bc-greek-people" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 4th-century BC Greek (Paestan) Vase painter ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Madrid_Krater_Asteas_MAN_Inv11094.jpg" caption="The madness of [[Heracles]], side A from the Madrid Krater signed by Asteas, [[National Archaeological Museum of Spain"] ::

Asteas (active between 350 and 320 BC in Paestum, Southern Italy) was one of the more active ancient Greek vase painters in Magna Graecia, practicing the red-figure style. He managed a large workshop, in which above all hydriai and kraters were painted. He painted mostly mythological and theatrical scenes. He is one of the few vase painters of the Greek colonies whose name comes down to us.

Selected works

• Berlin, Antikensammlung :Calyx krater F 3044 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Berlin%20F%203044
• Kassel, Staatliche Museen :Skyphos
• Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum :Calyx krater 81.AE.78 (2006 als Fund aus einer Raubgrabung an Italien zurückgegeben) https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Malibu%2081.AE.78
• Paris, Musée National du Louvre :Lekanis K 570 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Louvre%20K%20570
• Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art :Hydria 89.98 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Tampa%2089.98

References

• Arthur Dale Trendall. The red-figured vases of Paestum. Rome: British School, 1987.
• Erika Simon. Ein neuer signierter Kelchkrater des Asteas. In: Numismatica e antichità classiche. Quaderni ticinesi 31 (2002) 115-127.
• Erika Simon. The Paestan painter Asteas. In: Greek vases. Images, contexts and controversies. Proceedings of the conference sponsored by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia University, 23–24 March 2002 (Leiden 2004), p. 113-122.

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