Fountain of Youth

Johann Theodor de Bry after Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Johann Theodor de Bry

Artist, Flemish, 1561 - 1623

Sebald Beham

Artist After, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a bathhouse scene. The image features a large, ornate bathhouse with classical architectural elements like columns and frieze work. The structure is busy with people bathing and socializing in and around the pools. Outside, there is a large fountain with figures climbing and interacting with it. The background includes hills and a church. At the bottom of the drawing, there is a block of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3354

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: Vol. IV, no. 11.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 402, copy b.

Wikidata ID

Q64958942

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