The Rape of Proserpina Self-researched

Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Location: Galleria Borghese, Rome
Medium: Marble sculpture
Date: 1621–1622

A large Baroque marble group depicting the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto. Completed when Bernini was just 23, it features remarkable technical virtuosity in rendering flesh and movement in marble, with Pluto's fingers pressing into Proserpina's thigh.