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Vertumnus and Pomona: PD.33-1991

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Current Location: Gallery 15: Dutch Gallery

Titles

Vertumnus and Pomona

Maker(s)

Painter: Goltzius, Hendrik

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Notes

History note: (?) Jan Bisschop (177), Rotterdam; purchased from him by John Hope (1737-84), Amsterdam, 1775; Henry Hope sale, Christie's, 6 April 1811, no. 25; Comyns; ? sale Christie's 27 June 1812, no. 147; sale Christie's 25 July 1924 no. 171; Henry Scipio Reitlinger

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

1610s
Production date: AD 1615

School or Style

Dutch

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Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Original Size Height 70.8 cm Width 101.2 cm
Extended Size Height 90.4 cm Width 104.2 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: HG
  • Location: Left, on stone, below Pomona's right elbow
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1615
  • Location: Left, on stone, below Pomona's right elbow
  • Type: Date

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Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.33-1991
Primary reference Number: 1439
[DUP]PD.12-1990

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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