The Rape of Proserpina

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1624, Galleria Borghese

‘The Rape of Proserpina’ is a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy, 1598–1680). It is dated 1624. It is part of the collection Galleria Borghese. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It was commissioned by Scipione Borghese. It is made of Marbre blanc. It is 255 cm high. The work belongs to the genres group of sculptures and mythological sculpture. The things depicted include kidnapping, Persephone, Proserpina, and Hades.

The catalogue has 87 more works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

• The Baroque