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The Rape of Proserpina (Italian: Ratto di Proserpina), more accurately translated as the Abduction of Proserpina, is a large Baroque marble group sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622, when Bernini's career was in its early stage.
Feb 9, 2022 · Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture, The Rape of Proserpina (also known as El Rapto de Proserpina) portrays the mythical abduction of Proserpina by Pluto. Along with many other of Bernini’s artworks from his early period, it was ordered to be produced by Cardinal Borghese.
Rape of Proserpina (Ratto di Proserpina) is a large sculptural group of marble in the Baroque style, created by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and performed between 1621 and 1622. Bernini was only twenty-three years old when he made this artwork. It depicts the Abduction of Proserpina, where Proserpina is captured and taken to the ...
Oct 13, 2019 · This interest in transforming stone into skin is particularly evident in The Rape of Proserpina, a piece intended to portray a dramatic abduction (in the case of its title, the term “rape” refers to the act of kidnapping).
The work portrays the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto, god of the underworld. Narrated by both Claudian and Ovid, the myth tells of the abduction of the maiden on the shores of Lake Pergusa, near Enna.
Feb 18, 2024 · "The Rape of Proserpina" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is a renowned Baroque sculpture that captures the intense moment of the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto, the ruler of the underworld, in Roman mythology.
The famous Rape of Proserpina statue was created by a young Bernini – at the age of just 23! It depicts Proserpina – a Roman goddess often associated with freedom – being kidnapped and carried off the underworld in the arms of Pluto.
