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
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 228, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 569, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 460, GROUP OF by URE
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 460, GROUP OF by URE
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to TORLONIA GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 TO -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)