Pluto Abducting Proserpine
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Pluto Abducting Proserpine
Artist
After Girardon, François
Creation date
about 1675-1700
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
H: 41 3/4 in.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. August Hardee
Accession number
74.673
Collection
Currently On View In
Charles O. McGaughey Gallery
This bronze shows Pluto after being struck by Cupid's arrow, carrying off Proserpine to his underworld kingdom. Like Boreas Abducting Orithyia, this work is a smaller version of a sculpture that forms part of the decoration of the garden at Versailles. Both are based on models by Charles Le Brun, Louis XIV's most prolific designer.
