-
Title
-
De Pomona y Vertumno
-
Description
-
This engraving illustrates the nymph Pomona engaging in a conversation with what seems to be an elderly woman. The elderly woman is in fact the god of seasons, Vertumnus, in disguise. Pomona is a nymph who has a passion for gardening. Ovid explains that she allows no men to enter her garden, which is why Vertumnus disguises himself as an old woman. Taken by her beauty, Vertumnus does whatever it takes to spend time with Pomona, even putting on disguises. The disguised old woman is depicted pointing at an elm tree, while Pomona sits and listens. Pomona is depicted holding a curved pruning knife in her left hand, which is what she uses to maintain her garden.
-
Image Creator
-
Virgil Solis (Engraver)
-
Identifier
-
mta:11893
-
Source Name
-
Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
-
Image
-
mta_11893_OBJ.jpg
-
Subject
-
Pomona
-
Gods
-
Goddesses
-
Infatuation
-
Roman Mythology
-
Greek Mythology
-
Vertumnus
mta_11893_OBJ.jpg