Villa Medici Poggio a Caiano Frescos (Pontormo)

Pontormo's lunette fresco at the Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano depicts the classical story of Vertumnus and Pomona, Roman deities associated with gardens and fruit. The scene is arranged as an enigmatic grouping of figures surrounded by lush vegetation.

Pontormo painted the Vertumnus and Pomona lunette fresco around 1519 to 1521 at the Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany. This places the work during the transition between the High Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Italian art.

The fresco is located at the Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany, a country estate originally commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici. The villa was designed by architect Giuliano da Sangallo and became a favored Medici residence.

Pontormo, born Jacopo Carucci, was a Florentine Mannerist painter active in the early 16th century. His work at Poggio a Caiano reflects the sophisticated artistic environment of Medici patronage during the Renaissance.