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
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 352, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 352, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 352, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2418, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by PHILIPPAKI
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BEAUNE P by BEAZLEY
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERIZOMA GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERIZOMA GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERIZOMA GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERIZOMA GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with MICHIGAN P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ONE-HANDLED KANTHAROI, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ONE-HANDLED KANTHAROI, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ONE-HANDLED KANTHAROI, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ONE-HANDLED KANTHAROI, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEALTES
· Aryballos
· -550 to -500
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAIDEROS by SIGNATURE
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYCHIOS
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps EUPHILETOS P
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BUSCHOR
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIOPE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CANOE POTTER by GAUNT
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)