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The Rape of Proserpina (Italian: Ratto di Proserpina), more accurately translated as The Abduction of Proserpina, [1] 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.
The Rape of Persephone, or Abduction of Persephone, is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades.In this context, the word Rape refers to the traditional translation of the Latin raptus ('seized' or 'carried off') which refers to bride kidnapping rather than the potential ensuing sexual violence.
Thereafter, Bernini served a succession of popes. Apollo and Daphne was commissioned after Borghese had given an important work of his patronage, Bernini's The Rape of Proserpina (1621–22), to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. [1] Through this generous gesture, Borghese hoped to ingratiate himself to the favored nephew of the new pope, Gregory XV. [2]
The Rape of Proserpina: Galleria Borghese, Rome 1621–1622 Sculpture Marble Height 225 cm (89 in) 10 [11] Sleeping Hermaphroditus: ... Bernini: His Life and His Rome ...
The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1621–22) at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. When Hades was informed of Zeus' command to return Persephone, he complied with the request, but he first tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds.
The Rape of Proserpina Neptune and Triton is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini . It is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London and was executed c. 1622–1623.
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