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)
NIKOXENOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN MOURNER, P OF THE by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by TOUCHEFEU-MEYNIER
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by TOUCHEFEU-MEYNIER
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BÖHR
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GECKO GROUP* by CALLIPOLITIS-FEYTMANS
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EPITIMOS P by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1659, P OF
· Krater
· -600 to -550
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1659, P OF
· Krater
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1659, P OF
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)