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
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TRIPTOLEMOS P
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -400 to -300
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AEGISTHUS P by UNKNOWN
· Krater
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -500 TO -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON E 342, P OF
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANCONA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 to -425
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -425 to -375
STAND (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Group G
· Pelike
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE CUP, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 TO -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -400 to -300
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -400 to -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -500 TO -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Tradition of the BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -500 TO -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2660, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)