PALAU - RAPE OF PROSERPINA - Eternal Sculptures - 2 Ounce Silver Coin - 2018

Description

The Rape of Proserpina is a large Baroque marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622. Bernini was only 23 years old at its completion. It depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.