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Terracotta Hydria Attributed to the Troilos Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
Attributed to the Troilos Painter
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 490 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm); diameter mouth 6 in. (15.3 cm); diameter foot 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:56.171.53
Triptolemos in his winged chariot bringing wheat to mankind
Athens controlled the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis and claimed that the goddess had given wheat and the secrets of agriculture to Triptolemos, a local prince. Numerous Attic vases show the youth in a winged chariot setting off to spread knowledge of the cultivation of wheat.
Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254912
Attributed to the Troilos Painter
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 490 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm); diameter mouth 6 in. (15.3 cm); diameter foot 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:56.171.53
Triptolemos in his winged chariot bringing wheat to mankind
Athens controlled the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis and claimed that the goddess had given wheat and the secrets of agriculture to Triptolemos, a local prince. Numerous Attic vases show the youth in a winged chariot setting off to spread knowledge of the cultivation of wheat.
Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254912
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