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Vertumnus and Pomona
ca. 164038 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (97.2 x 114.9 cm)
Govaert Flinck
Netherlands (Cleves, Electorate of Brandenburg, 1615 – 1660, Amsterdam, Holland)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr.
Accession Number:
1983.10
Location: Currently on view
This painting illustrates a myth from Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Pomona, a nymph who presided over gardens and fruit trees, had taken a vow of chastity and therefore rejected the advances of all suitors. Vertumnus, the Roman deity of orchards, persisted nonetheless. To gain her affections he disguised himself as a fisherman, a soldier, a peasant, and finally as an old woman.
Flinck was a student and follower of Rembrandt, so much so that the styles of the two artists were often confused. Flinck’s skill brought him enviable social and economic rewards and eventually he was honored with a commission to create twelve paintings for the civic hall of Amsterdam.
[Gallery label text, 2005]
Flinck was a student and follower of Rembrandt, so much so that the styles of the two artists were often confused. Flinck’s skill brought him enviable social and economic rewards and eventually he was honored with a commission to create twelve paintings for the civic hall of Amsterdam.
[Gallery label text, 2005]
Provenance
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, Paris (dealer); his sale, Le Brun, Paris, December 11-16, 1780, as lot 113, as by Ferdinand Bol (unsold or withdrawn); his sale, Le Brun, Paris, March 12, 1782, as lot 80, [as by Ferdinand Bol]; [per annotation, purchased at that sale by Le Brun; bought in?]; Charles-Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802), Paris; his sale, Le Brun, Paris, April 21, 1788, as lot 111 [as by Ferdinand Bol], purchased at that sale by Fontaine; Count Potocki, Paris, probably until at least 1959; sale, Christie's, London, December 16, 1977, as lot 138 [as by Flinck], under "The Property of a Lady"; H. Shickman Gallery, New York; purchased by the Gallery with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy Jr. in 1983
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Rembrandt's Students I: Govaert Flink Milwaukee Art Museum 3/28/1991 - 6/23/1991
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: 17th-Century Dutch Painting, Vertumnus and Pomona, Joins Gallery. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 49, Issue Number: 9. Issue Date: April 1984.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Title: Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1983. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Paris, France: Gazette des Beaux-Arts Issue Number: 1382. Issue Date: March 1984. Page Number: 26, Figure Number: 162
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Peter C. Sutton. A Guide to Dutch Art in America . Washington D.C.: Netherlands-American Amity Trust ; Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Erdmans, 1986.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. J. W. von Moltke. Govaert Flink: 1615 - 1660. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1965.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Werner Sumowski. Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler. Landau: Edition PVA, 1983.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. A. Dayot. Grands et Petits Maitres Hollandais. , 1911. Volume Number: 64
- Article Author: Martin, W.. Article Title: Ausstellung Altholländischer Bilder in Pariser Privatbesitz. Monatsheft für Kunstwissenschaft. Volume Number: IV, Issue Number: 10. Issue Date: 1911. Page Number: 436, no. 35
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Horst Gerson. Philips Koninck: ein beitrag zur erforschung der Holländischen Malerei des XVII. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1936.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Rembrandt's Students I:: Govaert Flink. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum
- Article Author: Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. Article Title: Kritische Bemerkungen über die Ausstellung holländischer Gemälde.... Article Scope: Article. Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft. Berlin: George Reimer Verlag Volume Number: XXXIV Issue Date: 1911. Page Number: 370, no. 35
- Article Scope: Entry. Werner Sumowski. Bemerkungen zu Otto Beneschs: Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen II. Bad Pyrmont, Germany, 1961.
- Albert Blankert. Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680): Rembrandt's Pupil. Doornspijk, Netherlands: Davaco, 1982.
- Kunstchronik. Nuremberg, Germany: Verlag Hans Carl
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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Vertumnus and Pomona
Read the story of Vertumnus and Pomona from Bulfinch's Mythology.