Nikosthenes
Sign in to savethumb|260px|Nikosthenes' signature (Nikosthenes epoiesen) on the neck of a black-figure pottery|black-figure [[Nikosthenic amphora, c. 530–520 BC, located in the Louvre]]
Key facts
- Artist.name
- Nikosthenes
- Artist.image
- Nikosthenic amphora Louvre F111.jpg
- Artist.image_size
- 250px
- Artist.caption
- Amazonomachy. Side A from an Attic black-figure Nikosthenic amphora, ca. 520–510 BC, located in Paris, Louvre, F 111.
- Artist.birth_name
- Nikosthenes
- Artist.birth_date
- Before 550 BC
- Artist.birth_place
- Possibly Chalkis
- Artist.death_date
- Around 510 BC
- Artist.death_place
- Athens
- Artist.field
- Pottery workshop, vase painting
- Artist.movement
- Mainly the black-figure style, some later in the red-figure style
- Artist.works
- Mainly low-quality kylixes, amphorae and others manufactured in the Etruscan style for the Etruscan market, 133 signed.
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thumb|260px|Nikosthenes' signature (Nikosthenes epoiesen) on the neck of a black-figure pottery|black-figure [[Nikosthenic amphora, c. 530–520 BC, located in the Louvre]]
Nikosthenes was a potter of Greek black- and red-figure pottery in the time window 550–510 BC. He signed as the potter on over 120 black-figure vases, but only nine red-figure. Most of his vases were painted by someone else, called Painter N (for Nikosthenes). Beazley considers the painting "slovenly and dissolute;" that is, not of high quality. In addition, he is thought to have worked with the painters Anakles, Oltos, Lydos and Epiktetos. Six's technique is believed to have been invented in Nikosthenes' workshop, possibly by Nikosthenes himself, around 530 BC. He is considered transitional between black-figure and red-figure pottery.