Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) ca. 460-450 B.C. Attributed to the Niobid Painter Triptolemos between Demeter and PersephoneThe Niobid Painter ranks with the Villa Giulia Painter as one of the preeminent artists of the second quarter of the fifth century B.C. The Niobid Painter is remembered particularly for mythological representations on large pots. Here, on a smaller scale, he depicts Triptolemos being dispatched by the goddess Demeter, the patroness of fertility and agriculture, and her daughter, Persephone, to teach the cultivation of grain to humanity. The great attraction of this legendto the artist and the viewerlies in the winged car that transports Triptolemos. The model here comes "loaded" with snakes.. Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) 254270 : Attributed to the Niobid Painter, Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar), ca. 460?450 B.C., Terracotta, H. 10 15/16 in. (27.7 cm); diameter 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm); width with handles 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm). The Metropolitan

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Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) ca. 460-450 B.C. Attributed to the Niobid Painter Triptolemos between Demeter and PersephoneThe Niobid Painter ranks with the Villa Giulia Painter as one of the preeminent artists of the second quarter of the fifth century B.C. The Niobid Painter is remembered particularly for mythological representations on large pots. Here, on a smaller scale, he depicts Triptolemos being dispatched by the goddess Demeter, the patroness of fertility and agriculture, and her daughter, Persephone, to teach the cultivation of grain to humanity. The great attraction of this legendto the artist and the viewerlies in the winged car that transports Triptolemos. The model here comes "loaded" with snakes.. Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) 254270 : Attributed to the Niobid Painter, Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar), ca. 460?450 B.C., Terracotta, H. 10 15/16 in. (27.7 cm); diameter 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm); width with handles 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm). The Metropolitan

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