"The Abduction"

In the United Kingdom 1867, Paul Cezanne created the painting "The Abduction". Cezanne was tormented by Abduction, rape, murder. However, Cezanne paintings contain a common theme of violence, eroticism and romantic fantasy. There's many theories on about this specific painting. The first theory is Hercules and Alcestis whom he rescued from the under world. Another theory is the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto as recounted in Ovid's metamorphoses.

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