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)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYRACUSE P
· Hydria
· -500 to -450
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKIAS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKIAS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Oinochoe
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -425 to -375
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKIAS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to NIKIAS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGORA P 15840, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ONESIMOS by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYRACUSE P
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 433, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -425 to -375
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Lekythos
· -425 to -375
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PRONOMOS P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 539, P OF
· Pelike
· -425 to -375
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
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