K13.1 HESTIA & DEMETER
Museum Collection | Antikensammlung Berlin |
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Catalogue No. | Berlin F2278 |
Beazley Archive No. | 200108 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Name vase of the Sosias Painter |
Date | ca 500 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Hestia and Demeter from a painting depicting the reception of Heracles on Olympus. The pair are seated on stools draped with leopard skins. Demeter holds a staff tipped with sheafs of grain and the maiden goddess Hestia is modestly attired with a veil.