Pomona

Gallery 264, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Women´s Committee Gallery)

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Pomona

Modeled c. 1910; cast 1937

Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944) Bronze cast by the foundry Alexis Rudier, Paris (1874–1952)

Maillol spent most of his life on the Mediterranean coast, deeply connected to the region’s Roman and Greek heritage. He upheld the elevated beauty of antique sculpture in his own work, balancing classical forms with a profound sensuality. Virgil was his great love: Maillol was known to recite the Eclogues from memory. In 1910, he began work on a sculpture of Pomona, the Roman goddess of orchards and abundance, so robust yet serene that she appears to have been plucked from Arcadia’s flourishing glades.

Gallery 264, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Women´s Committee Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Pomona

Date:

Modeled c. 1910; cast 1937

Artists:

Aristide Maillol (French, 1861–1944) Bronze cast by the foundry Alexis Rudier, Paris (1874–1952)

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

66 3/4 × 22 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (169.5 × 56.5 × 39.4 cm) Base: 39 × 22 × 19 inches (99.1 × 55.9 × 48.3 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll, 1959

Accession Number:

1959-150-1

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 264, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Women´s Committee Gallery)

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