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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLÜGMANN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Class N
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE CUP, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Proto-Panaetian Group
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Euphronios
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUPHRONIOS by SIGNATURE
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -475 to -425
MUG (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 TO -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DOKIMASIA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DOKIMASIA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Onesimos
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FOUNDRY P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP C, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
STIEGLITZ P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LYANDROS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MARLAY GROUP
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PITHOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGORA P 42, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Apollodoros
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD 702, P OF
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ABERDEEN P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps PISTOXENOS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P by PEREDOLSKAYA
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OREITHYIA P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CAGE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P by GUY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 14627, P OF by ESCHBACH
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Q P
· Kylix
· -425 to -375
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Q P
· Kylix
· -425 to -375
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
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