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)
PITHOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
STAMNOS (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
Stamnos
SKYPHOS (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PITHOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
MUG (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PITHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PITHOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ADRIA B 300, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ADRIA B 300, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGORA P 2578, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGORA P 2578, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P by OAKLEY
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
PLATE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
YALE LEKYTHOS, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKANIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CHOUS (SOUTH ITALIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERAION P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHAIRE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
FISH PLATE (SOUTH ITALIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHAIRE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHAIRE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
FISH PLATE (SOUTH ITALIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPICHYSIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, VOLUTE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
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