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
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 TO -500
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· -550 to -500
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Phiale
· -550 to -500
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Phiale
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THRAX
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLEMPOLEMOS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -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)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· 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
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEVRES 100, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)