Vertumnus and Pomona
Medium
Color wash-manner etching and engraving with applied gold leaf
Dimensions
33.3 × 26.5 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Milne in memory of Leona E. Prasse
Accession Number
1987.90
Tags
About this artwork
In 1774 Louis-Marin Bonnet developed yet another technical innovation: a printed gold leaf border. Janinet, who had been Bonnet's student, adopted this practice. However, because the use of gold leaf by printmakers was illegal (they were not among the trades officially allowed to use it), the two artists produced only about 20 prints with gold frames before they were caught by the authorities. In classical mythology, Pomona was a nymph who grew fruit but did not allow men to enter her orchard. V...