Artwork
Pluto Bringing Proserpine to the Gates of Hell
Pluto Bringing Proserpine to the Gates of Hell is a chalk drawing by the Baroque artist Carlo Maratta. It dates from 1669 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:on mount, lower center in pen and black ink: Carlo Maratti; on mount, lower right in graphite: 1625, 1713 / 2171/43
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Overview
This drawing, Pluto Bringing Proserpine to the Gates of Hell, is a work by Carlo Maratta, executed in 1669.
Technique & Style
The work is rendered in pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, which has been laid down.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 1625 – 15 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman, active principally in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century.
