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Male face, detail from the side B of the Niobid krater,
Louvre Museum.
The Niobid Painter was an ancient Athenian potter in the red figure style, named after a krater which on one side shows the god Apollo and his sister Artemis killing the children of Niobe who were collectively called the Niobids. There is some confusion as to what is being depicted on the opposite side as none of the figures are labeled. However, it is generally accepted that it is either the gathering of the Argonauts or the Seven Against Thebes, though neither is certain. This painter was influenced by Polygnotos of Thasos, and may also have used artistic elements he saw in frescoes painted by Mikon of Athens, which decorated the walls of Stoa Poikele. The krater is now housed at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
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