| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Date | early 20th century |
| Object type | plaster cast |
| Medium, technique | plaster |
| Dimensions | 320 x 215 x 97 cm |
| Inventory number | Ag.16 |
| Collection | Classical Antiquites - Plaster casts |
| On view | Star Fortress (Komárom), Classical Greek and Classicising Roman Art: The Gods, Gallery IV |
The goddess wears a long, thick robe (peplos) tied with a belt around the waist. She holds ears of grain in her right hand, and raises her left hand, which may have held a sceptre. The statue thus depicts the goddess Demeter— Ceres, but this was not necessarily its original interpretation. Both arms are modern, and so are the objects they hold, which means we do not know what the statue originally had in her hands. It could also have been a representation of Hera, holding a libation dish (phiale). The monumental statue created in the early Imperial period probably followed a Greek statue from the Classical period.
Hekler, Antal, Az antik gipszgyűjtemény I-II., Budapest, 1919-1920, 1923, no. no. 230.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
