Art, Symbol & Imagination
Persephone Enthroned beneath an Arch
A seated female figure wears a tall architectural crown and holds a long sceptre beneath an arch. Standing figures balance the composition on either side. The printed caption names Persephone, or Proserpine, in Bayley’s comparative collection of classical imagery.
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Illustrator not identified. "Persephone Enthroned beneath an Arch" [editorial title]. In The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I, Harold Bayley. London: Williams and Norgate, 1912; Volume I; Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi copy., 1912, Williams and Norgate. Source scan leaf 327. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0327
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Illustrator not identified. Persephone Enthroned beneath an Arch. The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I. Scan leaf 327. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0327