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.
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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. Cross-Tradition Connections
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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..."
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."
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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