# Pluto and Prosperina

- By: Michelangelo Maestri (Italian, d. 1812)
- Date: ca. 1802
- Medium: Brush and tempera on heavy paper
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: Drawing: 32.5 × 28.2 cm (12 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Rome
- Credit line: Gift of Anonymous Donor
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/120247)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/01d5832c22c6d3d70d6d14040673f2aa.jpg
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Pluto, seated with Prosperina on a throne resembling the three-headed Cerberus, holds a triton in his right hand, his left over Prosperina's shoulder. Three Medusas kneel on the ground beside them. Possibly after decorations for the Apartments of Cardinal Bibbiens in the Vatican.