Nikosthenes

Who is Nikosthenes?

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 9 red-figure. Most of his vases were painted by someone else, called Painter N. 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. Nikosthenes' workshop, possibly Nikosthenes, is believed to have invented the six's technique at about 530. He is considered transitional between black-figure and red-figure.