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
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
INSCRIPTION P by WEHGARTNER
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BIRD GROUP
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Group R
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WOMAN P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NEW YORK 23.160.41, P OF
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Paseas
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WASHING P by GIUDICE, G
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 456, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ORESTES P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MINA P by BÖHR
· Lekythos
· -450 TO -400
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TALOS P by BÖHR
· Loutrophoros
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LID P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
UPSALA P
· Krater
· -425 to -375
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HEPHAISTOS P
· Krater
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HERMONAX by SIPSIE-ESCHBACH
· Hydria
· -475 to -425
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -425 to -375
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skythes
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN-EYE P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SAINT VALENTIN VASES, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CURTIUS P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SCHEURLEER P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
POLYGNOTOS, GROUP OF
· Stamnos
· -475 to -425
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