Rape of Persephone

Gaetano Gandolfi

ca. 1755–90 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

The talented painter and fluent draftsman Gandolfi also created reproductive engravings and a small number of exquisite etchings, including this spirited Rococo rendition of Pluto and Persephone entering into the flames of the underworld.

Artist

Gaetano Gandolfi

Date

ca. 1755–90

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960