Career
He is considered one of the five great vase painters of Sparta. His name is unknown, but he is called the Rider Painter after the horseman depicted on his name vase at the British Museum. He painted various shapes, including lebetes, a rare shape in Sparta, but predominantly kylikes.
His workshop cannot be located, but was perhaps in a perioikic settlement.
Since identifiable painting styles and peculiarities in vase shapes tend to be consistent, it is assumed that the Rider Painter, like other Laconian vase painters, was both potter and painter. He is considered somewhat inferior in talent to the other four great Laconian vase painters.
Other motifs include scenes from everyday life, such komasts or the eponymous rider.
