It consists of a series of high-quality catalogues of mostly ancient Greek painted pottery in collections around the world. The first fascicule appeared in 1922 and since then around 380 have appeared, illustrating more than 100,000 vases in 24 countries.

The three-year CVA Online project began in 2000, when Oxford University's Beazley Archive was invited to undertake the digitization of out-of-print fascicules. The digitized catalogues can be viewed and browsed through this site, which also provides links to the fully searchable Beazley Archive pottery database. Digitization work continues under the auspices of the Archive.

Supported by:

Union Académique | Getty Grant Program | British Academy | University of Oxford | Bavarian Academy | Austrian Academy |
Institut de France; Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres | Swiss Academy | Unione Accademica Nazionale (Rome)