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 (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CLINIC P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MAKRON by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON F 1, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -400 to -300
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MADRID 11016, P OF
· Krater
· -400 to -300
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
MAKRON by BEAZLEY
· Aryballos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MAKRON by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGORA P 15840, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLORAL NOLANS, GROUP OF THE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1686, P OF
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Epiktetos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 787, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 787, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 787, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 787, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)