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  2. The Rape of Proserpina - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Proserpina - Wikipedia

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    The Rape of Proserpina by Hans von Aachen (1587) Copy of The Rape of Proserpina by Vincenzo de' Rossi, on view near Cliveden House. The best-known myth surrounding Proserpina is of her abduction by the god of the Underworld, her mother Ceres' frantic search for her, and her eventual but temporary restitution to the world above.

  4. Rape of Persephone - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Proserpine (play) - Wikipedia

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    Proserpine asks Ino to tell her a story, and she recites the tale of Arethusa. After the story, the group gathers flowers. The two nymphs wander off, seeking ever more flowers, and lose sight of Proserpine. When they return, she is gone. They search for her in vain. Ceres returns, angry and frightened at the loss of her child:

  6. Claudian - Wikipedia

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    The Abduction of Proserpina (ca. 1631) by Rembrandt was influenced by Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae [8] Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus; De raptu Proserpinae (unfinished epic, 3 books completed) In Rufinum ("Against Rufinus") De Bello Gildonico ("On the Gildonic revolt") In Eutropium ("Against Eutropius")

  7. Review: 'Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara' is a ...

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    During a game of hide-and-seek among the converted boys, the Pope mischievously shields Edgardo under his vestments, and it jolts us into remembering a similar earlier visual, when Marianna hid ...

  8. File:Roof van Proserpina, RP-P-OB-1235.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Titel(s): Roof van Proserpina Objecttype: prent Objectnummer: RP-P-OB-1235 Catalogusreferentie: Bartsch 72. Meder 67-Mit den Rostflecken-a Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, verso rechtsonder, gestempeld: Lugt 2228 Omschrijving: In een bergachtige omgeving wordt een naakte vrouw door een man op een eenhoorn meegevoerd. Op de achtergrond ...

  9. Pluto (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Albrecht Dürer, Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn (1516) Rembrandt's Abduction of Proserpina (ca. 1631) The abduction of Proserpina by Pluto was the scene from the myth most often depicted by artists, who usually follow Ovid's version. The influential emblem book Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1593, second edition 1603) presents the allegorical ...