Rubens, Abduction of Proserpina
Federica2025-04-01T15:24:39+02:00The painting by Rubens (1577-1640) on display here illustrates the Abduction of Proserpina, a myth concerning the violent actions of gods towards young women, as told by Ovid in the fifth book of Metamorphoses. The work is based on a relief from an ancient sarcophagus from the 2nd century A.D. that Rubens had seen [...]