Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
Obverse, Nike (the personification of victory) holding a fillet
Reverse, youth leaning on staff
The subject of Nike crowning a youth occurs often on Greek vases. It is interesting to reflect that when Nike and the victor appear in a scene together, the action is understood as occurring before us. When the two protagonists are shown on opposite sides of a vase, as here, an interval of time is added between what we see and what we know will happen.
Reverse, youth leaning on staff
The subject of Nike crowning a youth occurs often on Greek vases. It is interesting to reflect that when Nike and the victor appear in a scene together, the action is understood as occurring before us. When the two protagonists are shown on opposite sides of a vase, as here, an interval of time is added between what we see and what we know will happen.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of London E 342
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 460 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.115
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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