A Wikipedia article on The Rape of Proserpina, a Baroque marble group by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621 to 1622, held by the Galleria Borghese in Rome. The article describes Pluto holding Proserpina aloft as she struggles against him, with a Cerberus at his feet marking the threshold into the underworld, and discusses Bernini's technical treatment of flesh, hair and drapery in marble. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_Proserpina
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here for the sculpture's museum, artist and dating, independently corroborated by the Wikimedia Commons category record for the same sculpture carrying its inventory number. Connections
Associated With
Pluto, Deities This source names Pluto directly: "The article describes Pluto holding Proserpina aloft as she struggles against him, with a Cerberus at his feet marking the threshold into the underworld, and discusses Bernini's technical treatment..."
Source The Rape of Proserpina (Wikipedia)
This source names Proserpina directly: "A Wikipedia article on The Rape of Proserpina, a Baroque marble group by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621 to 1622, held by the Galleria Borghese in Rome."
Source The Rape of Proserpina (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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