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Votive Plaque (Pinax) with Persephone Making her Bridal Bed

Date: c. 490–450 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: West Greek / South Italian, Locri Epizephirii
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 394307

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Probably once brightly painted, this relief plaque belongs to a series of votive dedications made in Locri Epizephirii, near the “toe” of Italy, to the goddess Persephone (or Kore), daughter of Demeter. Following her abduction by Hades, god of the Underworld, Persephone regularly returned to earth, dictating the seasons and making agriculture possible. Often, as here, the plaques show domestic scenes. The rooster often appears with Persephone on such plaques, perhaps because both mark transitions.

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Credit line: Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family
Provenance: Early 1960s-1989: Oberingenieur Jakob Muller-Binder, Zurich, Switzerland, descended to Mr. Dennis Muller | 1989-at least 1996: Mr. Dennis Muller, Switzerland | -2007: F.A.C. Kunsthandel (Wolfgang Wilhelm), Frankfurt, Germany, sold to Mrs. Barbara Robinson | 2007-2023: Barbara Robinson, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2023-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH