Rape of Persephone with Pluto on horseback at right, 1590?1607, Woodcut, Sheet: 17 13/16 in. ? 14 in. (45. 3 ? 35. 5 cm), Prints, Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, active Venice, 1562?1607), Smitten by love for Proserpina, Pluto (also known as Hades), lord of the Underworld, carried her off violently in his infernal chariot, plunging through the Bay of Cyane into his subterranean realm. Scolari, who was also a painter, is best known today for his technically inventive and highly expressive woodcuts, which he both designed and cut