Pluton roba a proserpina y convierte en fuente a Ciane por que queria impedirselo

Title

Pluton roba a proserpina y convierte en fuente a Ciane por que queria impedirselo

Period

1800-1850;

Geographic

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Description

This image depicts the abduction of Proserpina. Pluto, the god of the Underworld, had been shot by one of Cupid’s arrows which made him fall in love with the first woman he saw. The first woman he saw was Proserpina, the daughter of the goddess Ceres. Pluto is depicted stealing Proserpina in this image and taking her back to the Underworld with him on his chariot. The figure on the right side of the image is the fountain nymph named Cyane. Cyane tried to stop Pluto from abducting Proserpina, which is illustrated in this engraving as she is reaching out towards Proserpina. Pluto uses Cyane’s fountain to create a passageway to escape down to the Underworld.

Image Creator

D. José Assensio (Engraver)

Type

Text

Engraving

Identifier

mta:24971

Language

spa

Source Name

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]

Parent Collection

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)

Image

mta_24971_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Cyane

Proserpina

Pluto

Abduction

Mythology

Gods

Goddesses

Nymphs