Thursday, July 28, 2022

Carved From Solid Rock

Gian Lorenzo Bernini carved this out of marble — solid rock — without mistake.  Truly, perfection.

The Rape of Proserpina was carved between 1621 and 1622, and was completed when Bernini was only 23 years old.

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