Vertumnus and Pomona

Details

Attributed to Emanuel de Witte (Alkmaar c. 1617-1691/2 Amsterdam)
Vertumnus and Pomona
oil on panel
13 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (34.9 x 30 cm.)

Provenance

Jonkheer van Karnebeek, The Hague.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1924; inv. 1432.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1948.
In the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.

Literature

C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 503, as possibly by Dirk van der Lisse.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 321, no. 2859, as Emanuel de Witte.

Exhibited

The Hague, Schilderkundig Genootschap Pulchri Studio, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, November 1924, no. 66, as D. van der Lisse.
The Hague, Centraal Museum, on loan in 1925 from Goudstikker, according to a label on reverse.
Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, on loan from the Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, inv. NK 1523.

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Lot Essay

Traditionally depicted in a garden or in a landscape, Vertumnus and Pomona appear here in an interior without any recognizable attributes, such as, a sickle for the nymph Pomona. The figure of Pomona, a naked young woman seen from the back, can be traced back to a picture of the same subject by Cornelis Cornelisz. Van Haarlem (present whereabouts unknown). This composition inspired, among others, Emanuel de Witte's Vertumnus and Pomona, dated 1644, in Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam and Caesar van Everdingen's Vertumnus and Pomona, c.1637-1640, in Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).

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