After Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
French
Circa 1890
Height: 64 cm, Width: 34 cm, Depth: 30 cm
This bronze work is based on an original marble work by the Italian sculptor Giovanni-Lorenzo Bernini, designed between 1621 and 1622 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577-1633), now in the Galleria Borghese Museum in Rome, Italy. Inspired by Greek mythology, Hades abducted Persephone and abducted him to the underworld, this dramatic Baroque work depicts a fierce fight between Hades as he robs a maiden. The confrontation between two forces is highlighted in the work: one is strong and powerful, with an absolute advantage in this struggle of power; The other, weak and frightened, with a desperate gaze trying to escape from doom, is the plundered