Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina

E533387
Baroque sculpture marble sculpture work of art

Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina is a dramatic early Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting Pluto abducting Proserpina with striking realism and emotional intensity.

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Label Occurrences
Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina canonical 1
The Rape of Proserpina (Bernini) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque sculpture ⓘ
marble sculpture ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artForm sculpture in the round ⓘ
artHistoricalContext Counter-Reformation art in Rome ⓘ
artisticPeriod early Baroque ⓘ
basedOn Roman mythology ⓘ
myth of Pluto and Proserpina ⓘ
collection Borghese Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Cardinal Scipione Borghese NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate 1622 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Gian Lorenzo Bernini NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality Italian ⓘ
depicts Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ
abduction of Proserpina ⓘ
mythological scene ⓘ
depictsAction Pluto seizing Proserpina ⓘ
Proserpina resisting abduction ⓘ
three-headed dog Cerberus at Pluto’s feet ⓘ
designedFor viewing in the round ⓘ
genre mythological sculpture ⓘ
height approximately 255 cm ⓘ
inception 1621 ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
location Galleria Borghese NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFeature diagonal movement ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
extreme realism of flesh and texture ⓘ
illusionistic rendering of tears ⓘ
impression of fingers pressing into flesh ⓘ
strong emotional intensity ⓘ
originalLanguage none ⓘ
patron Scipione Borghese NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key work in development of Baroque sculpture ⓘ
major early masterpiece of Bernini ⓘ
subject Pluto abducting Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme abduction ⓘ
interaction of bodies in motion ⓘ
power and vulnerability ⓘ
titleInItalian Il ratto di Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cardinal Scipione Borghese → collectionContains → Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina ⓘ
subject surface form: Scipione Borghese
Scipione Borghese → commissionedWork → Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Rape of Proserpina (Bernini)