A Bronze From 20th Century Sig G.l Benini Pluton Et Proserpine

    Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples, December 7, 1598 - Rome, November 28, 1680) was an architect and sculptor of the Baroque period. Son père, Pietro Bernini, était également sculpteur. The best souvenirs from the collection of "Gianlorenzo" or "Giovanni Lorenzo".
    Myths captured in Bronze : Pluto and Proserpina 

Pluto and Proserpina 

 Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius, Cardinal Scipione Borghese granted a second commission to Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1621. This time, to tell the story of Pluto and Proserpina, described in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The powerful god of the underworld, Pluto, kidnaps Proserpine in Hades, before the three-headed dog Cerberus who guards its borders. Thanks to the intervention of Jupiter, Proserpina's mother receives permission from Ceres that her daughter can return to Earth for half the year and spend the other half in Hades. 

Ovidius Proserpina 

... ... When Proserpina 
has fun there and picks white lilies or violets 
and collects them with girlish zeal in her skirts and baskets 
- together with friends she decides who collects more - 
she is, almost in an instant, discovered, desired, deceived by Hades! 

Ovid, Metamorphoses. Translated by M. d'Hane-Scheltema. Book V, lines 391-395. 

Bernini's sculpture can be found today in the Roman Villa Borghese, which houses a beautiful museum. The work shows the moment when Pluto drags Proserpina into the underworld. When you stand in front of the statue, this moment is gradually revealed as if it were a film. You first see the left side of the sculpture, Pluto's back. Pluto has the aggressive attitude of a strong man trying to kidnap a young girl