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ID: 901000715
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000715
Record Type: Character/Person

Vertumnus (Roman deity)

Note: Roman god of seasons, plant growth, gardens, and fruit trees.

Names:
Vertumnus (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Vertumno (Roman deity) (Italian-P,D,N)
Vertimnus (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Vertumnus (Roman deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Pomona
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Pomona (Roman deity)) [901000714]

Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
patron is .... gardens (open spaces)
.....(open spaces by form, open spaces, Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Vertumnus (Roman deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ICCD database (1988-) 96A18 (story of) Vertumnus
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015169076
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Vertumno (Roman deity)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Vertimnus (Roman deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertumnus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Titus Tatius (king of Sabines)," accessed 11 July 2017
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/640/attributed-to-cesar-van-everdingen-vertumnus-and-pomona-dutch-about-1650/
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertumnus#/media/File:Gerbrand_van_den_Eeckhout_005.jpg

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