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Das Eleusische Fest

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German Photographer · 1825–1886

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Date: 1859–1862
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Reproduction of an illustration by Eduard Schwoiser depicting several figures, possibly deities, that includes Cupid and a satyr, gathered around a fire burning atop a pedestal draped with a floral garland during the Eleusinian Mysteries. A woman stands at the center with her head bowed as one of the figures places a floral crown on her head.

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