Demeter, goddess of agriculture, holding grain | Greek vase, Athenian red figure volute krater

K3.1A DEMETER

Museum Collection: Badisches Landesmuseum,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Museum Catalogue Number: Karlsruhe 68.101
Beazley Archive Number: 352484
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Krater, volute
Painter: Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Date: ca 480 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Demeter from a painting depicting the departure of Triptolemos. The goddess stnds by an altar, wearing a crown, and holding sheafs of ripe wheat in her hands.

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Demeter

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