The Rape of Proserpina

The Rape of Proserpina

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Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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this is the statue in the cover art for that album btw, the more you know. I think it's a fascinating choice to divorce it of context (and arguably gender) by showing only a small portion of it from an unusual perspective. the way it's framed, it reminds me of Bouguereau's Dante ...

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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 in 1621 and '22, when Bernini's career was in its early stage. The group, finished when Bernini was just 23 years old, depicts the abduction...

Dimensions 255 cm

Created 1624

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