Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona)
18th century
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (50.5 x 14.6 cm) trimmed
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1087
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, where you'll find *Triomphe de Pom (Triumph of Pomona)*, an exquisite 18th-century etching engraving by François Boucher and Charles Nicolaschin II. This ornamental print captures a jubilant mythological procession honoring Pomona, the Roman goddess of gardens fruit trees, and orchards Boucher, a master of theoco style, designed the elegant, playful scene filled with graceful figures—men and women amid lush trees and architectural motifs—evoking the opulent decorative arts of Louis XV's France. Etching and engraving w...