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
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 50, P OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 118, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AACHEN HORSE-HEAD GROUP* by BIRCHALL
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to AMASIS P
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DUBOIS CLASS AND GROUP
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRITON GROUP
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DUBOIS CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with LOUVRE F 161, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROMETHEUS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)