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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hieron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OREITHYIA P
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OREITHYIA P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE OINOCHOE, P OF THE
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AEGISTHUS P
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE OINOCHOE, P OF THE
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYRACUSE P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYRACUSE P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
BOBBIN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Oinochoe
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ICARUS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ICARUS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ICARUS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P by COOK
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P by COOK
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps SYRACUSE 21975, P OF by COOK
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE 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
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -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)
Related to AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BETH PELET P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SHUVALOV P by LEZZI-HAFTER
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2335, P OF
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Loutrophoros
· -475 to -425
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Loutrophoros
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 539, P OF
· Pelike
· -425 to -375
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BULL P
· Oinochoe
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
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