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)
BETH PELET P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TYMBOS P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON E 356, P OF
· Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TYMBOS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps SOTADES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TYMBOS P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKESTORIDES P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps ACROPOLIS 356, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps ACROPOLIS 356, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOOT P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 456, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
COLMAR P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PISTOXENOS P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TARQUINIA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANCONA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANCONA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 330, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ORVIETO 191A, P OF
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FERRARA T 981, GROUP OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P by CAHN
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FERRARA T 981, GROUP OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P by PEREDOLSKAYA
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Connected with ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps PERSEPHONE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHITRITE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
POLYGNOTOS, GROUP OF
· Stamnos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
POLYGNOTOS, GROUP OF by UNKNOWN
· Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
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