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 SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 120, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ESSEN GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ESSEN GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRIACHOS CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Alabastron
· -400 to -300
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 48, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to KROKOTOS P
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS P
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DURAND P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DURAND P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VIRGINIA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VIRGINIA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA C 975, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -550 to -500
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA C 975, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)