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, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Stamnos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Alabastron
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Alabastron
· -475 to -425
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12778, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12778, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12778, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12778, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
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