Pluto raubt Proserpinam

Title

Pluto raubt Proserpinam

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Ancient Greece

Description

This engraving illustrates the god of the Underworld, Pluto, abducting Proserpina. After Pluto was shot with one of Cupid’s arrows, he fell in love with Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres. Proserpina is illustrated with her hand in the air and a panicked look on her face as she cries out to her friends and her mother to save her. While on his way back to the Underworld with Proserpina, Pluto rode past a lake that was presided over by a Sicilian Nymph named Cyane, who is illustrated in the water on the engraving. Cyane pleads to the god to let Proserpina go, but he ignores her and continues to the Underworld.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:21839

Language

ger

Source Name

P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]

Parent Collection

1564 Frankfurt Spreng

Image

mta_21839_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Gods

Goddesses

Roman Mythology

Greek Mythology

Cyane

Pluto

Proserpina

Ceres

Abduction