Vertumnus and Pomona
1670 | Adriaen van de Velde
In the setting of a southern Netherlandish park landscape, Van de Velde depicts a scene from Roman mythology as handed down to us by Ovid. Vertumnus, who was originally venerated by the Etruscans as the god of change and the seasons, fell in love with Pomona, goddess of fruit and gardens. After he had been rejected by her several times, he decided to use the art of metamorphosis, with which he was familiar, and turned himself into an old woman. Thus he gained Pomona’s trust and was more easily able to get her to listen to his wooing.
In the setting of a southern Netherlandish park landscape, Van de Velde depicts a scene from Roman mythology as handed down to us by Ovid. Vertumnus, who was originally venerated by the Etruscans as the god of change and the seasons, fell in love with Pomona, goddess of fruit and gardens. After he had been rejected by her several times, he decided to use the art of metamorphosis, with which he was familiar, and turned himself into an old woman. Thus he gained Pomona’s trust and was more easily able to get her to listen to his wooing.
Artist:
Adriaen van de Velde (1636 - 1672 Amsterdam) DNB
Time:
1670
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
76,5 cm × 103 cm
Framed (benötigt Transportrahmen): 106 cm × 132,5 cm × 11 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower right: A.v.Velde f. 1670
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 6446
Provenance
1854 Coll. J. R. West, London; 1923 purchased from the gallery St. Lucas, Vienna;
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