Technique
Red-figure
Period
c. 530–320 BC
Collection
35588 vases
The technique that revolutionised Greek vase painting. Figures are left in the natural red clay colour while the background is painted black. This allowed painters to use a brush for internal details instead of an incising tool, enabling far greater naturalism, anatomical detail, and emotional expression.
35588 examples
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
LEBES, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WEDDING P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WEDDING P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
Krater
· about 475–450 B.C.
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
Lekythos (oil flask): Woman Carrying Box
Lekythos
· c. 470 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Group ofPENTHESILEA P by BEAZLEYBRUSSELS R 330, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 330, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
ASKOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TYMBOS WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FERRARA SINIS, P OF
· Krater
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
Attic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment
Group of Undetermined Mannerists
· Krater
· 475–450 B.C.
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Circle ofNIKOSTHENES P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Skyphos
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Circle ofPAN P
· Krater
· -475 TO -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Skyphos
· -475 TO -425
CUP C, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CompareDOURIS
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 TO -425
Attic Red-figure Lekythos: Youth and Maiden
Lekythos
· c. 470-450 BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF by BÖHR
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHICAGO P
· Krater
· -475 TO -425
Column-krater
the Leningrad Painter
· Krater
· ca. 475–465 BCE
Drinking cup (kylix): Iris presents a warrior to Zeus(?); Warrior's departure
the Penthesilea Painter
· Kylix
· c. 470 BCE
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ABERDEEN P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
Miniature terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask) with siren
the Seireniske Painter
· Lekythos
· mid-5th century BCE
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
SKYPHOS (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
Workshop ofPENELOPE P
· Skyphos
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 TO -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TELEPHOS P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P by BEAZLEYSABOUROFF P by FURTWÄNGLER
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Lekythos
· -475 TO -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CompareAKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 TO -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· -475 TO -425
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Manner ofNIOBID P
· Krater
· -475 TO -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TELEPHOS P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA P
· Stamnos
· -475 TO -425
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BARCLAY P
· Pelike
· -475 TO -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 TO -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CURTIUS P
· Kylix
· -475 TO -425
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BARCLAY P
· Hydria
· -475 TO -425
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
Attributed to the Painter of London E 317
· Amphora
· mid-5th century BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)