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The Statue Of Vertumnus And Pomona

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One of the first objects that caught my attention at the Albert and Victoria Museum, was the statue of Vertumnus and Pomona. This is a beautiful marble sculpture of a man holding a mask and a bewildered young woman. The mask looks to be of an older person. It has a lot of lines, and bears evidence of age. I started to think what the mask was trying to tell us. There are a lot of stories and mythologies that deal with moral and virtues around the subject with masks, which could be the case with this sculpture. A mask could be a disguise in order to hide its true identity.

One can think that the young woman rejects the old woman with a haggard appearance, and then the old woman reveals that it is a beautiful young man. A bit strange perhaps.
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