Proserpine
Proserpine
Artist
Hiram Powers
(1805 - 1873)
Datemodeled 1844, carved ca. 1845-1873
MediumMarble
Dimensions21 x 16 x 9 1/2 in. (53.3 x 40.6 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.5
Signedrear center vertical edge: H. POWERS. / SCULP
Accession number
2005.5
On View
On viewLabel TextHiram Powers looked to ancient Greek and Roman art for models of ideal beauty and used white marble to connect his work to this tradition. Powers spent most of his career in Florence, Italy, where examples of classical sculpture were abundant. The serenity and idealized features of Proserpine stand in stark contrast to the Roman goddess’s disturbing tale. According to myth, Proserpine was abducted by the ruler of the underworld and made his queen, allowed to return to earth for only six months each year.
Hiram Powers usó el arte griego y romano como modelos de la belleza ideal y usó mármol blanco para conectar su trabajo a esa tradición. Powers pasó la mayor parte de su carrera en Florencia, Italia, donde abundaban los ejemplos de escultura clásica. La serenidad y los rasgos idealizados de Proserpina reflejan un marcado contraste con su perturbadora historia. Según el mito, Proserpina fue raptada por el gobernante del inframundo, donde fue proclamada reina, y se le permitía regresar a la tierra por sólo seis meses cada año.
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