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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger (French, 1704–1778)
Description
English: Vertumnus and Pomona. Stone, 1760. Created as a tribute to Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour, who had played the role in Versailles.
Français : Vertumne et Pomone, par Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne. Créé en hommage à Louis XV et Madame de Pompadour, laquelle avait joué le rôle à Versailles. Pierre, 1760.
Dimensions H. 1.63 m (5 ft. 4 in.), W. 1.50 m (4 ft. 11 in.), D. 60 cm (23 ½ in.)
Credit line Bequest of Mrs. Georges Hersent, 1952
Accession number RF 2716
Location Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, lower ground floor, Cour Puget
Photographer/source Loicwood (2006)


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current17:17, 9 August 20062,400×2,000 (742 KB)Jastrow (corrected barrel distorsion, enhanced lighting, cropped, removed parasite museum caption)
20:03, 4 June 20063,456×2,304 (2.94 MB)Loicwood (Titre : Vertumne et Pomone Pierre, 1760 Le groupe fut acquis par le financier Baudard de Vaudésir, trésorier général de la Marine, pour les jardins de la Folie Saint-James à Neuilly. Le sujet est tiré des Métamorphoses d'Ovide : le dieu des jardi)
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