Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (or The Rape of Proserpina), 1621-22, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome)
Proserpina is the Latin variant of the mythic Greek Persephone.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (or The Rape of Proserpina)
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