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)
WOMAN P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NAPLES P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 TO -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
PELIKE (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
LEKANIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
GUTTUS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
ASKOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN-EYE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LENINGRAD P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TELOS P
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
POLYGNOTOS, GROUP OF
· Krater
· -450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HEPHAISTOS P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 539, P OF
· Pelike
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
SKYPHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DINOS P
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps ALKIMACHOS P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RODIN 1060, P OF
· Krater
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
MUG (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to EPELEIOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps HARROW P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AISCHINES P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHON P by BÖHR
· Krater
· -450 to -400
MUG (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Connected with EPELEIOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
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