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Maker Unknown, Franco-Flemish, Allegory of Spring with Flora, Vertumnus, and Pomona, ca. 1600, …
Allegory of Spring with Flora,Vertumnus, and Pomona
Maker Unknown, Franco-Flemish, Allegory of Spring with Flora, Vertumnus, and Pomona, ca. 1600, Wool, silk, 86 x 89 in. (218.4 x 226.1 cm), The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Bequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde, 1971.118

Allegory of Spring with Flora,Vertumnus, and Pomona

Maker Unknown
Dateca. 1600
MediumWool, silk
DimensionsOverall: 86 x 89 in. (218.4 x 226.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.118
On View
On view
DescriptionGarden scene with the goddesses Flora and Pomona on the left approaching an old gardener. Flora is wearing a floral crown and was the goddess of Spring; Pomona is wearing a crown of grape clusters, she is the goddess of orchards, vineyards and fruit-bearing trees. The gardener is thought to be Vertumnus, the Roman god who was protector of gardens and orchards.ProvenanceCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde, Glens Falls, NY, by bequest to The Hyde Collection, 1952.