Nude Figures after Bernini's "Pluto & Proserpina" - Print
This made-to-order print comes in four sizes: 10 in. x 8 in., 14 in. x 11 in., 20 in. x 16 in., and 24 in. x 18 in. If you need a custom size, message me directly.
Ships directly to you (unframed and rolled in a shipping tube).
This made-to-order print comes in four sizes: 10 in. x 8 in., 14 in. x 11 in., 20 in. x 16 in., and 24 in. x 18 in. If you need a custom size, message me directly.
Ships directly to you (unframed and rolled in a shipping tube).
This made-to-order print comes in four sizes: 10 in. x 8 in., 14 in. x 11 in., 20 in. x 16 in., and 24 in. x 18 in. If you need a custom size, message me directly.
Ships directly to you (unframed and rolled in a shipping tube).
About this piece:
This is a digital drawing after Gian Lorenzo Bernini's “Pluto and Proserpina” sculpture, located in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
"According to Roman mythology, Proserpine was the daughter of Ceres, the goddess of fertility, and Jupiter, the patron sky and thunder. Once, when Proserpine was collecting flowers with her friends, Pluto, the underworld god and the dead ruler, saw her and fell madly in love with her.
Riding a chariot drawn by four black horses, Pluto grabbed Proserpina and carried her to the underworld. Hearing her daughter’s cry, Ceres rushed to help her, but she was late. Ceres sought all the land for her daughter. As soon as she realized Pluto had kidnapped Proserpine, she got angry and made the land dry up, and the harvest failed. Jupiter saw from heaven that the earth was barren and dead. He decided to intervene, and in the end, a deal was made: Proserpine would spend half a year with her mother and half a year in the underworld with Pluto.
According to this myth, Ceres is so sad when Proserpina is in the underworld that she takes her gifts from the world and winter comes. In the spring, when Proserpina reunites with her mother, Ceres makes things grow again."
-Galleria Borghese website