K26.1 PLUTUS & DEMETER

Museum Collection | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu |
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Catalogue No. | Malibu 86.AE.680 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | Loutrophoros |
Painter | Attributed to the Painter of Louvre MNB 1148 |
Date | ca. 350 - 340 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Demeter and Plutus from a painting depicting the tale of Leda and the Swan.
The goddess Demeter, seated on a pair of cushions and holding a four-headed Eleusinian torch, is labelled "ELEUSIS", as queen of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Her son Plutus, here named "ENIATOS" (Year), holds a cornucopia (horn of plenty) bursting with heads of grain.