Sculpture, Hall of Mirrors, Palazzo Reale, Genoa, Italy

Rape of Proserpina, marble sculpture of Pluto and the goddess of spring, by Francesco Maria Schiaffino, 1688-1763, detail, in the Galleria degli Specchi or Hall of Mirrors, 1720-40, a hall used for parties and banquets, decorated in Baroque style by Domenico Parodi, 1672-1742, on the second floor piano nobile of the Palazzo Reale or Palazzo Stefano Balbi, built 1643-50, designed by Pier Francesco Cantone, Michele Moncino and Giovanni Angelo Falcone, for Stefano Balbi and Giovanni Battista Balbi, on Via Balbi, in the Le Strade Nuove in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The Royal Palace now houses the Museo di Palazzo Reale. The Strade Nuove or New Streets area, housing many palaces or Palazzi dei Rolli, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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