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)
LONDON E 106, P OF
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON E 106, P OF
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON E 106, P OF
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2660, P OF
· Krater
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2660, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RETORTED P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
STIEGLITZ P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
STIEGLITZ P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -400 to -300
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps STIEGLITZ P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (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
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (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 (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BLACK-THYRSUS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
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
· Krater
· -400 to -300
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 (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PISTOXENOS P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMBROSIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SCHEURLEER P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMBROSIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Paseas
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMBROSIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps CARPENTER P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Stamnos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Hydria
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PISTOXENOS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HARROW P by UNKNOWN
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BERLIN P by BOTHMER
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to PISTOXENOS P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to PISTOXENOS P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)