Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703, Britishafter James Parmentier, 1658–1730, FrenchPublished by Henry Overton, 1675/6–1751, Britishand Edward Cooper, active 1682 –died 1725, British
Title:
Vertumnus and Pomonae
Date:
between 1690 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 inches (29.8 × 23 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, on back, upper left: "Ehat | 6 - 663 (6)"; in graphite, upper left: "THT Cool | G F March 89 | 5/"; lower center: "333"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.901
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
women | veil | mythology | holding | religious and mythological subject | sitting | putti | genre subject | forest | leaves | garlands | vase | garden | dress | courting | robes | Roman deities, and foreign deities included in the classical Pantheon | fountain | sculpture | wooing | old | drapery | relief | gesturing | fruit | talking | Vertumnus, in the guise of an old woman, wooing Pomona | urn