About Aegineta
Lived 250 BC – 201 BC (aged 48–49). Aegineta was a sculptor and painter.
Aegineta was an ancient Greek modeller (or fictor, one who sculpts with clay or other plastic material) mentioned by Pliny the Elder. Some scholars supposed that the word Aeginetae in the passage of Pliny denoted merely the country—Aegina—of some artist, whose real name was not given. The consensus of scholarly opinion is now against this hypothesis, however, and it is generally believed that "Aegineta" was the man's given name.
Aegineta's brother Pasias, a painter of some distinction, was a pupil of Erigonus, who had been color-grinder to the artist Nealkes. Plutarch says that that Nealkes was a friend of Aratus of Sicyon, who was first elected strategos of the Achaean League in 243 BC. This would make it possible that Aegineta and his brother flourished about 220.
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Who was Aegineta?
ancient Greek artist
When was Aegineta born?
Aegineta was born in 250 BC in Sicyon.
When did Aegineta die?
Aegineta died in 201 BC.
What was Aegineta's occupation?
Aegineta was a sculptor and painter.
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