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
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
Kampanisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos nach attischem Vorbild
Lekythos
KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
HYDRIA (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
LEKYTHOS (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CLASS G
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMAZON P
· Pelike
· -400 to -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -400 to -300
Jar (pelike) with Dionysos, maenad, and satyr
the Cassel Painter
· Pelike
· Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Imitation of WASHING P
· Loutrophoros
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps ACHILLES P
· Amphora
· -475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WOMAN P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TWO-ROW P
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps HERMONAX
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PERSEPHONE P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOOT P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BONN P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUERGIDES P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps CHELIS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SHUVALOV P
· Oinochoe
· -450 to -400
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FERRARA T 357 B, P OF
· Lekythos
· -400 to -300
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GROUP Y
· Oinochoe
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
STAMNOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
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