On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02044
- Author
- Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish)
- Title
- Vertumnus and Pomona
- Chronology
- Ca. 1636
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 26,5 cm x 38,3 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- DONACION
- Procedence
- Donation by the Duchess widow of Pastrana, 1889
According to Ovid's Metamorphosis,
Vertumnus had to disguise himself
as a woman in order to gain
Pomona's love. Rubens chose to
depict the moment when, having
removed his disguise, Vertumnus
declares his love to the attractive
young woman. She holds a sickle in
her right hand, which alludes to
her condition as a deity related to
the fruits of nature. That is also
why the scene is set in a
garden.
This sketch was for one of the
paintings intended for the Torre de
la Parada that was painted by Jacob
Jordaens.
Location on the map
