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One of the few examples of Rococo art work this piece stands out - through placed near the ceiling trying to look up close is impossible without shifting back and forth. Earth: Vertumnus and Pomona shows an old woman, which according to Greek mythology is actually Vertumnus in disguise, with arms protectively around a young woman, Pomona, the two sit under the trees while a cherub tells all in the bottom corner of the piece. While the subject material, Vertumnus and Pomona, is of Greek mythology, Boucher uses symbols and light placing to illustrate the points of the story, through if one was looking at piece in the same year it was painted in (1749) they would see obvious clues showing it to be a "modern" piece with underlying myth and over laying of Rococo style. By placing "Earth:" in the title, Boucher is making a point of applying a theme of earth element on his painting. The painting of Vertumnus and Pomona shows them surrounded by trees, flowers, and fruits to show this. Examining the piece there is little to no other elements besides earth present; fire is completely absent, air is shown in the sky but the sky is crowded out by the trees, and while there is a fountain the water is barely trickling from it crevasse.