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)
PHRYNOS P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by BEAZLEY
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 TO -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PAMPHAIOS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -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 A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENEAN
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 365, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by SCHÖNE-DENKINGER
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to VATICAN 365, P OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 47, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 47, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Stamnos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BUCCI P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 49, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 215BIS, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIADES
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PERUGIA 124, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MADRID P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by KREUZER
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -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
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)