# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sophilos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:29.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sophilos"
name: "Sophilos"
slug: "sophilos"
description: "Sophilos was an Attic potter and vase painter in the black-figure style. Sophilos is the oldest Attic vase painter so far to be known by his true name. Fragments of two wine basins (dinoi) in Athens are signed by him, indicating that he both potted and painted them. In total, 37 vessels are ascribed to him, mostly amphorae, dinoi, kraters, as well as three pinakes. Apart from his work for the domestic market, he was also one of the masters of major significance in the process of supplanting the dominance of Corinthian vase painting in the markets of Etruria, and Southern Italy, the most important export area for Greek vases. His works were exported as far as the Black Sea region, Syria and Egypt (Naukratis)."
tagline: "Ancient Athenian vase painter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NAMA_Attic_black-figure_amphora.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-600"
deathDate: "600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.753385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3filos_(maliar)"
    title: "Sófilos (maliar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophilos"
    title: "Sophilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophilos"
    title: "Sophilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3filos"
    title: "Sófilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofilos"
    title: "Sofilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophilos"
    title: "Sophilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofilo"
    title: "Sofilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophilos"
    title: "Sophilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofilos"
    title: "Sofilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofilos"
    title: "Sofilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930448"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump