Pluto e Proserpina (Pluto and Persephone)
By far, my favorite piece of almost all Italian art by my favorite Italian artist, Bernini. And to think, this was done with marble, 400 years ago, by a man of only 23 years.
Edit from a follower: “This is stunning. Although Pluto e Proserpina is not the correct title. It’s Ratto di Proserpina (The Rape of Proserpina). And Persephone is the Greek equivalent of Proserpina and NOT the English translation!”
bernini man that guy is a genius
El rapto de Proserpina de Bernini.
One of those Stendhal’s Syndrome moments about Bernini. How did “ratto” and “enlèvement” turn into a “rape” in the...