ATTRIBUTED TO THE NIKON PAINTER, CIRCA 460-450 B.C.

The Nikon Painter, who takes his name from the kalos-inscriptions found on two amphorae and two lekythoi, was a follower of the Providence Painter, himself a pupil of the Berlin Painter. He frequently painted lekythoi and oinochoai, but his preferred shape, like that of his mentor, was the Nolan amphora (see pp. 650-652 in J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters). The Nikon Painter preferred single figures isolated on the black background, as seen here. On one side a winged Nike, flying to the right, wears a chiton and himation and holds a fillet in her outstretched hands. The other side depicts a draped youth with one arm extended. Both sides feature a meader groundline. For a similar example in Madrid, see p. 650, no. 5 in Beazley, op. cit.