Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Providence Painter

ca. 480–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Nike carrying prize hydria Inscribed "Hippon is fair" Athenian civic life was filled with contests–athletic, musical, and theatrical. It is no wonder, therefore, that Nike, the personification of victory, hovers on many vases.

Artist

Providence Painter

Date

ca. 480–470 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907