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Pomona
Frans Floris1564 - 1565
Hallwyl Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
The story of Pomona, as told in Ovid´s Metamorphoses, describes how the Goddess of all fruit and vegetables, is courted by a string of suitors. In this case it is the God of lust Pan, who makes his advances to the somewhat reluctant Pomona.
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Details
- Title: Pomona
- Creator: Frans (Floris) de Vriendt
- Creator Lifespan: 1518/19 - 1570
- Creator Nationality: Flemish
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Antwerp
- Creator Birth Place: Antwerp
- Date Created: 1564 - 1565
- Tags: Flemish, Antwerp school
- Provenance: Prague 1621, Swedish war-theft 1648, Queen Christina of Sweden, Families Grill and Tamm, Bukowskis, Stockholm 1916, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, Stockholm 1916.
- Physical Dimensions: w1340 x h1155 mm (Without frame)
- Painter: Frans (Floris) de Vriendt
- Artist info: Frans Floris started out as a sculptor, which was his father´s occupation, but turned to painting directly after his father´s death in 1538. As a painter Floris developed into one of the most influential artists in Flanders in the mid 16th century. It is rumoured that he had more than one hundred pupils during his lifetime, one of them Abraham Bloemaert who, in turn, taught Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Hendrik Terbruggen, Jan Baptist Weenix and many other well known masters.
- Type: Oil on canvas
- External Link: Image DIG 4484
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