O28.4 THE DEPARTURE OF TRIPTOLEMUS
|Museum Collection||Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich|
|Catalogue No.||Munich 2432|
|Beazley Archive No.||207314|
|Ware||Attic Red Figure|
|Painter||Attributed to the Chicago Painter|
|Date||ca 450 B.C.|
Triptolemus departs in a winged chariot to instruct mankind in the ways of agriculture. He is flanked by the goddesses Persephone and Demeter. The hero holds a royal sceptre and sheaf of grain in one hand, and a drinking cup in the other. The goddess Demeter bears an oinochoe jug.
This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.