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K3.1 DEMETER & TRIPTOLEMUS

Demeter & Triptolemus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
Catalogue No. Karlsruhe 68.101
Beazley Archive No. 352484
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Volute
Painter Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Date ca. 480 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Triptolemus prepares to depart in a winged chariot (partially shown) on his quest to instrust mankind in agriculture. He faces Demeter across an altar. The goddess wears a crown and holds sheafs of wheat in her hands.

IMAGE DETAIL

Demeter | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of the goddess Demeter.

ARTICLES

Demeter, Triptolemus