Vertumnus and Pomona
Also titled Vertumnus en Pomona
Hendrick Goltzius (Bracht, 1558–1617)
1613
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 90 cm x width 149.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
The goddess Pomona bars men from her garden: she would rather reap fruit than admiration. Her passion for gardening is evident from the pruning knife in her hand. Despite this, the infatuated god of autumn Vertumnus believes she is ready for the taking. Dressed as an old woman, he sneaks into her garden. The suggestively placed walking stick hints at his true identity as a man in disguise.
