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Proserpine et Pluton

Proserpina and Pluto

Henri Chapu
1885

Description

Two marble statues.

Chantilly - Proserpine et Pluton
Proserpine / Proserpina
Roman goddess of grain and agriculture (Wikipedia).

Pluton / Pluto
ruler of the underworld (Wikipedia).

Information Sign

CHAPU
Proserpine (1885)

Artist

Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (Le Mee, Seine-et-Marne 1833-Paris 1891), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France, Accueil.
Françoise Marengo, Château de Chantilly, les statues du parc. Bulletin Groupe d'étude des monuments et oeuvres d'art du Beauvaisis 140, 2009 (not available for me).

Location (N 49°11'41" - E 2°29'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi095; Photograph: 16 October 2017
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