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
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Alabastron
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Hydria
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Q P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Q P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Q P
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
PELIKE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 155, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 155, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 155, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 155, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 202, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 202, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 202, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 202, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
INSCRIPTION P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GROUP Y
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
INSCRIPTION P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12789, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 116, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
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