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Hiram Powers (1805 – 1873)
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Museo de Arte de Huntington (Huntington, Estados Unidos de América)
Museo de Arte de Huntington, Museos WV, Pintura Americana, Escultura Europea, Innovación Vidrio Artístico, Arquitectura Bauhaus, Conservatorio Natural Huntington
Powers gave this bust the title Proserpine, after the beautiful but tragic figure in Roman mythology (she was known as Persephone in Greek literature). Proserpine, the daughter of Jupiter and Ceres, was kidnapped by Pluto, who took her to Hades to be his wife. Jupiter eventually won her release, but because she had eaten some fruit while in the underworld, she was forced to return there each year. Her annual sojourn in Pluto
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Proserpine
- Artista: Hiram Powers
- Formato: Portrait
- Estado de derechos de autor: Dominio público
- Dónde verla: Museo de Arte de Huntington
- Movimiento: Neoclassicism
- Periodo de creación: Mature Period
- Contexto del corpus: pluto's abduction story , american neoclassical style
- Palabras clave: neoclassical sculpture , proserpine bust marble , marble statue beauty
- Tono de color: Ochre to Sepia
