The group, finished when Bernini was just 23 years old, depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto. [2] [3] It features Pluto holding Proserpina aloft, and a Cerberus to symbolize the border into the …

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (or The Rape of Proserpina), 1621–22, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Proserpina is the Latin variant of the mythic Greek Persephone. Pluto hoists up Proserpina. She resists, pushing him away. Their …

Feb 9, 2022 · “The Rape of Proserpina” (or “El Rapto de Proserpina”) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicts the fabled abduction of Prosperina by Pluto. Cardinal Borghese commissioned it, along with several other works by Bernini from his early years.

Oct 13, 2019 · Sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini created one of the most lifelike marble sculptures of the 17th century — The Rape of Proserpina. Take a look at it in detail.

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.

Oct 24, 2024 · Proserpina, the daughter of the fertility goddess Ceres and the god of the sky and thunder Jupiter (the deities Demeter and Zeus in Greek mythology), caught the eye of her father’s brother, Pluto, the ruler of the dead, who desired her.

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.

Mar 7, 2018 · Gian Lorenzo Bernini's The Rape of Proserpine (1621-1622, housed in the Galleria Borghese) is a masterpiece fundamental to the birth of the Baroque. An article analyzing it in detail.

Oct 14, 2023 · The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is a large marble group comprising of Proserpina and Pluto, popular characters in Greek mythology. This sculpture shows the powerful god of the underworld (Pluto) abducting Ceres’s daughter (Greek Demeter), the goddess in charge of fertility and harvest.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (or The Rape of Proserpina), 1621-22, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Proserpina is the Latin varient of the mythic Greek Persephone.