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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SEIRENISKE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE 237, GROUP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLORENCE 3968, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLORENCE 3968, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLORENCE 3968, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLORENCE 3968, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HIPPACONTIST P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HIPPACONTIST P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HIPPACONTIST P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
FIGURE VASE (?), FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P, WORKSHOP OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HEGESIBOULOS by SIGNATURE
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P, WORKSHOP OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P, WORKSHOP OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES P, WORKSHOP OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES
· Phiale
· -500 to -450
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES
· Phiale
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SOTADES
· -500 to -450
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