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Vertumnus and Pomona
- Catalog
- WD-Q05
- Artist
- Willem Drost
- Year
- c. 1655
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unknown
- Location
- Unknown
Description
A mythological scene depicting Vertumnus, god of seasons, disguised as an old woman, courting the wood nymph Pomona. A rare mythological subject for Drost.
Analysis
The story of Vertumnus and Pomona (Ovid, Metamorphoses) was one of the most popular mythological subjects in the 17th-century northern Netherlands. Drost's treatment would have been influenced by both Rembrandt's approach to mythological narrative and the Italianate style he encountered in Venice. Current location unknown.