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)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
QUADRATE P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUERGIDES P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TRIPTOLEMOS P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Hydria
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VEII P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps LOUVRE CP 11266, P OF
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 417, P OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
JENA P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -450 TO -400
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
PYXIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKANIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps SYRACUSE P
· Loutrophoros
· -500 to -450
CUP C, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPELEIOS P by WIEL-MARIN
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
PLATE, STEMMED (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
PLATE, STEMMED (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PARIS GIGANTOMACHY, P OF THE by WIEL-MARIN
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
PLATE (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -400 to -300
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
REED P
· Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
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