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158 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. ill. 30. VERTUMNUS AND POMONA. Wrongly supposed to be portraits of the Duchesse de Mazarin and Charles de St. Evremond. The figures are three-quarter length. The young lady has fair hair ; she wears a silk gown and a blue cloak. The old woman lays her left hand on the lady's shoulder and points with her right hand to the left ; on her hair is a diadem. In the left distance is a marble statue of Venus. A replica of 29. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1679 ; copper, i8| inches by 15 inches. A study for the picture is in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam. In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London ; Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 122. 31. VERTUMNUS AND POMONA. Pomona, as a young woman, sits in front, with her head turned three-quarters right. Her right arm rests on a table with a handsome cover, upon which is some fruit. She wears a white gown, cut low at the neck ; a large blue shawl is thrown over her left shoulder and held in her right hand. There are pearls in her hair, in her ears, and on her neck. She holds a pruning-knife in her left hand ; an apple lies in her lap. To the right, behind the table, stands Vertumnus in the form of an old woman with both hands leaning on a stick and turned to Pomona. He has a dark dress and wears a black drapery over his head. To the left is a plant in a carved stone vase. Farther back to the right is a marble statue of Venus with Cupid. In the background is a garden with trees. Above to the left is a strip of sky with a sunset. Pomona is wrongly regarded as a portrait of Madame de Montespan (1641-1707). Very carefully executed. Canvas, 19 inches by 15 inches. In the collection of Countess Rasoumovsky. In the collection of P. von Semeonoff, St. Petersburg, 1906 catalogue, No. 387. 31*7. Vertumnus and Pomona. Very finely rendered. 19 inches by 15! inches. Sale. Jacques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 275), No. 94 (415 florins). 31^. Vertumnus and Pomona. With a dog, in the foreground of a landscape. A good picture. Canvas, 18 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 26, 1769, No. 75. 3i<r. Vertumnus and Pomona. Pomona sits on a carpet beside Vertumnus. There are many kinds of fruit. Very carefully painted. Sale. Amsterdam, July 26, 1775, No. 226 (8 florins, Fouquet). 32. Vertumnus and Pomona. Vertumnus, in the form of an old