N Painter
Ancient Attic-Greek black-figure vase painter
About N Painter
Born 600 BC. N Painter was a Greek attic vase-painter and black-figure vase painter.
The N Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter of the third quarter of the 6th century BC. His real name remains unknown.
The N Painter was named after the potter Nikosthenes, as he worked in the latter's workshop and was his most important collaborator. Modern scholarship assumes that N Painter painted all known Nikosthenic amphorae. He also decorated several kyathoi, cups and a psykter. Some scholars suggest that N Painter and the potter Nikosthenes may be identical. A woman and dog on the neck of Nikosthenic amphora ca. 520 BC, Louvre (F 114) The vases painted by N Painter are mostly dated to the 530s and 520 BC. Especially his larger figures are of considerable quality, while John Boardman condemns his smaller works as simply boring and sometimes sloppy, not very different from mass-produced wares. His plant ornaments are particularly poor.
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Who was N Painter?
ancient Attic-Greek black-figure vase painter
When was N Painter born?
N Painter was born in 600 BC.
What was N Painter's occupation?
N Painter was an attic vase-painter and black-figure vase painter.
What nationality was N Painter?
N Painter was Greek.
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