# Pomona

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BAROIS, François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Marble, height 292 cm

## Commentary

Pomona was the goddess of fruit and the wife of the orchard god, Vertumnus. Probably made for the gardens at Versailles, this terminal figure was placed in the Magasin des Antiques du Roi, from where it was taken in 1722 to decorate the west pond of the Tuileries gardens. Replaced by a cast in 1993.

## Related artworks

- [Callipygian Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca/callipygian-venus-r4fbec9d0ff2dd4>)
- [Cleopatra Dying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca/cleopatra-dying-rc08e3ab2f8f720>)
- [Cleopatra Dying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca/cleopatra-dying-rc0c77dc9162d98>)
- [Pomona](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca/pomona-rc7f684686fa941>)
- [Vertumnus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/barois-franois-r51032d116d03ca/vertumnus-r94a40dbae914c7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)