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
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 365, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by SCHÖNE-DENKINGER
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to VATICAN 365, P OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 47, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 47, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Stamnos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BUCCI P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 49, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 215BIS, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERUGIA 124, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tleson
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA RC 6847, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 218B, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 51, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 250, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COPENHAGEN 114, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by SMITH
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)