Technique
Black-figure
Period
c. 620–480 BC
Collection
21495 vases
Figures painted in black slip on the natural red clay, with details incised through to the clay beneath. Invented at Corinth but perfected at Athens, where Exekias brought it to its supreme achievement. The technique demands extraordinary precision with the incising tool.
21495 examples
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BURGON GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BURGON GROUP
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 6474, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATALANTE GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ROUND HYDRIAI IN THE LOUVRE, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ZURICH P
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMEL P
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAKONIDES by RUMPF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 229, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SNAKE-AND-SPOTS GROUP
· -575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to SNAKE-AND-SPOTS GROUP
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Alabastron
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHRYNOS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHRYNOS P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
BOWL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD 1469, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1393, P OF by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)