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Proserpina
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Proserpina or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to those of the Greek Persephone. Proserpina replaced or was combined with the ancie
Marble Statue of Persephone, 2nd Century AD
Marble Statue of Persephone, 2nd Century AD
The Rape of Proserpina by Hans von Aachen (1587)
The Rape of Proserpina by Hans von Aachen (1587)
Copy of The Rape of Proserpina by Vincenzo de' Rossi, on view near Cliveden House
Copy of The Rape of Proserpina by Vincenzo de' Rossi, on view near Cliveden House
Votive pillar reading Diti Patri et Proserpin[ae] sacrum, "Holy to Dīs Pater and Proserpina", identifying Dīs Pater as Proserpina's husband
Votive pillar reading Diti Patri et Proserpin[ae] sacrum, "Holy to Dīs Pater and Proserpina", identifying Dīs Pater as Proserpina's husband
The Rape of Proserpina
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The Rape of Proserpina, more accurately translated as The Abduction of Proserpina, is a large Baroque marble group sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed in 1621 and '22, when Bern
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…But Orpheus could not resist a backward glance, so Eurydice was forever lost to him. Proserpina has inspired many artistic compositions, including in sculpture (Bernini), in painting (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a fresco by Pomarancio, Joseph Heintz the Elder, Rubens, Albrecht Dürer, Dell'Abbate, Maxfield Parrish…
Rape of Prosepina September 2015 3a
Rape of Prosepina September 2015 3a
Bust of Pope Paul V in the Galleria Borghese
Bust of Pope Paul V in the Galleria Borghese
Detail of Proserpina's thigh
Detail of Proserpina's thigh
Head of Proserpina, Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Proserpina, Cleveland Museum of Art