Nymphis

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Nymphis ( ancient Greek Νύμφις ) was a Greek coroplast that was made at the beginning of the second century BC. Was active in Myrina in Asia Minor.

He is only known from his signature on a clay statuette of the goddess Nike . The statuette is now in the Louvre in Paris .

literature

  • Dominique Kassab: Statuettes en terre cuite de Myrina. Corpus des signatures, monogrammes, lettres et signes . Paris 1988, No. 53 (2), 1 ( Bibliothèque de l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes d'Istanbul , 29). ( Inscription online ).
  • Rainer Vollkommer : Nymphis . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 584.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventory number M 60.
personal data
SURNAME Nymphis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Νύμφις
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Koroplast
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.