Sujet

Votive Relief to Demeter and Kore, 425-400 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Votive Relief to Demeter and Kore, 425-400 BC. Additional Info: Demeter, the goddess of fertility and agriculture, sits on a rock, wearing a polos, or crown. Her daughter Kore (Persephone) stands behind her holding the key to a temple. The two deities are connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries, an annual festival at Eleusis that offered to its initiates both the promise of good harvests and the possibility of a better afterlife. The importance of the Eleusinian Mysteries endured into the fourth century AD, and numerous Roman emperors were among the initiates. In front of the seated goddess, the lower legs are all that remain of the figure of Triptolemos, a young Eleusinian hero. Demeter entrusted him to spread knowledge of agriculture to mortals. At the far right of the scene, on a lower level and at a smaller scale, are the lower legs of a figure, probably belonging to a human worshipper. The relief is most likely to be Roman in date, incorporating stylistic features – such as the rendering of the hair and drapery - that evoke the late fifth and fourth centuries BC

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A01_002

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,3Mo (3,9Mo) / 31,2cm x 32,4cm / 3680 x 3831 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing religious sitting stone arts carving country religion figure figures sculpture art color marble archaeology ancient Greek relief Greece handicraft handicrafts carved location century archaeological concept archeology seated goddess Colour votive 5th century BC Demeter object sculpture Unknown marble Kore Heritage Art relief Hand Carved