The Rape of Proserpina

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Viale del Museo Borghese, 00197 Roma, Italy

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N41° 54' 50.4" E12° 29' 31.2"   (41.914, 12.492) Start navigation »

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The Rape of Proserpina is a large Baroque marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622. Bernini was only 23 years old at its completion. It depicts the Abduction of Proserpina, where Proserpina is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.

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