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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· -550 to -500
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to PRINCETON GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD 1469, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD 1469, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD 1469, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1379, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1379, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1379, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 TO -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1379, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1393, P OF by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1393, P OF by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1393, P OF by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P by BÖHR
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)