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, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA M 482, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA M 482, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BLACKNECK CLASS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 234, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
DINOS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
DINOS, FRAGMENTS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
DINOS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
DINOS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
FEEDER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KRATER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by GENIERE
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)