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)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by LOSEVA
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
BOWL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP
· Amphora
· -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 1393, P OF by LULLIES
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CABINET DES MEDAILLES 218, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MEDEA GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MEDEA GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1501, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP by JOHNSTON, A.
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 343, P OF
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -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
STAMNOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BEAUNE P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BEAUNE P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BEAUNE P by PHILIPPAKI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)