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The Rape of Proserpina
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
City view with the abduction of Proserpina. From the chasm in the foreground, Pluto, the king of the underworld, emerges. He pulls Proserpina into his chariot. In the clouds, Ceres begs Jupiter for her daughter. Below the image, an explanatory text from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 5, lines 388-395. At the top, the sign of the Virgin from the zodiac. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineRoof van Proserpina. 1653 - 1654. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
