Vertumnus and Pomona

Oil painting on canvas. Vertumnus and Pomona by John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 - London 1810).Vertumnus, the Sabine and Roman God of the transformation and fructification of plants, and Pomona. Pomona is seated on the right, with bare arms and with Vertumnus on the left, in red, offering her a chaplet. He won Pomona by metamorphosing himself into a youth. His festival, the Vortumnalia, was held 23rd August. CMS_PCF_486149