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
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMAZON P
· Pelike
· -400 to -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMAZON P
· Pelike
· -400 to -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMAZON P
· Pelike
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON F 18, P OF
· Hydria
· -400 to -300
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BONN 835, P OF*
· Hydria
· -400 to -300
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BONN 835, P OF*
· Hydria
· -400 to -300
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BONN 835, P OF*
· Hydria
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FAT-BOY GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FAT-BOY GROUP
· Skyphos
· -400 to -300
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Euphronios
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FAT-BOY GROUP
· Skyphos
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WATERKEYN P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 155, P OF
· Kylix
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WESTREENEN P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WESTREENEN P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Class N
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Class N
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WHITE-LINE CLASS OF SQUAT LEKYTHOI
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PHIALE P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WHITE-LINE CLASS OF SQUAT LEKYTHOI
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CLASS O by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Class N
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WHITE-LINE CLASS OF SQUAT LEKYTHOI
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHAIRETE CLASS by BERNHARD
· Kantharos
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CANESSA CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DWARF P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BASLE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIONEER GROUP
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 TO -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PERSEPHONE P
· Pelike
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OLTOS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP C, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Phintias
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SMIKROS
· Amphora
· -525 TO -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN-EYE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUERGIDES P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PHIALE P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EYE CUPS, CLASS I by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Epiktetos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
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