Panel 70 Image 3

Panel 70

Identification

The Rape of Persephone (Proserpina) [or The Abduction of Persephone], Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas, 1636-39; Madrid, Museo del Prado.

Suggested readings and resources

Webpage on the image including audio guide (Museo del Prado), Compare with Rubens’s The Rape of Europa (1628-29), Color image (Wikigallery)