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The Rape of Proserpina (detail)Gian Lorenzo Bernini

In this close-up of Pluto’s face from Bernini’s marble group (1621–22), the god’s upward gaze and parted lips convey desire and triumph. His tousled beard and hair, carved with astonishing finesse, contrast sharply with the arm that blocks his vision—Proserpina’s last gesture of resistance in a moment of divine abduction and mortal anguish.
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