The Abduction of Prosopina in Marble at the Bogise Gallery in Rome

The Abduction of Prosopina in Marble at the Bogise Gallery in Rome

The Abduction of Proserpina is a large group of Baroque marble sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Benigni. The sculpture depicts a Roman mythology in which Pruto, the god of the underworld, captures and takes Prosopina. Pruto exalts Proserpina, while Serborus symbolizes the border of the underworld into which Pruto brought Proserpina. The sculpture is made of Carrara marble and was originally placed on an already destroyed pedestal with a poem by Barberini Maffeo. The sculpture is now located in the Bogise Gallery in Rome.