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Biscuit Sculpture The Abduction of Proserpina 1970s
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Biscuit porcelain sculpture, depicting the Abduction of Proserpina, made in the 1970s. Diameter 28 cm, Diameter 14 cm, Height 50 cm. The Abduction of Proserpina is one of the most celebrated and influential classical myths, central to Greco-Roman mythology, and has been a very frequent subject in art, particularly in sculpture and painting. It tells of the abduction of the goddess of vegetation by the god of the underworld: Proserpina (or Persephone/Kore for the Greeks), Daughter of Ceres (or Demeter), goddess of harvest and fertility. Proserpina was gathering flowers in Sicily (or in a valley in Greece) when Pluto, enamored with her, emerged from the earth on his chariot drawn by black horses and abducted her, taking her to his underworld kingdom to make her his bride. The myth has inspired countless works, but its pinnacle in Baroque sculpture is undoubtedly Gian Lorenzo Bernini's *The Rape of Proserpina* ( ). The marble statue captures the culminating moment of the abduction with incredible emotional and physical power. The sculpture is famous for rendering marble as if it were flesh: Pluto's fingers sinking into Proserpina's thigh, and the goddess's tears, demonstrate Bernini's extraordinary technical skill and virtuosity.
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- Brand: Artista Italiano
- Material: Biscuit
- Period: 1970s
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