Vertumnus and Pomona, Brown chalk, 13 9/16 x 8 15/16 in. (34.5 x 22.7 cm), Drawings, François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris), Boucher depicts here a well-known story from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit, was so devoted to her orchards that she took no notice of suitors. The god Vertumnus transformed himself into the form of a ragged old woman to gain her confidence
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Vertumnus, Pomona, Brown chalk, 13 9/16 x 8 15/16, 34.5 22.7 cm, Drawings, François Boucher, French, Paris, 1703–1770, Boucher depicts, well, story, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Roman goddess, fruit, devoted, orchards, no notice, suitors, god Vertumnus, transformed, form, ragged old, woman, gain, confidence
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