The Rape of Proserpine
by ABBATE, Niccolò dell', Oil on canvas, 196 x 220 cm
In this painting - which may belong to a series of landscapes painted in 1570 for the Cabinet du Roi in the Château de Fontainebleau - the artist applies the formula of a vast landscape animated by small, graceful figures. He takes as his source works by Joachim Patenier.