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The Fountain of Youth
The idea of a spring that brings back youth to aging people, is known from antiquity to our days. In this paintings, the most famous pictorial formulation of the theme, Cranach builds on topics from medieval imagination. From the left old women are brought to undress, get into the water and be reconverted right in the middle of the basin to young girls. On the right side they climb out of the bat…
Creator
- Lucas Cranach
Subject
- Mythology
- Mythology
Type of item
- panel paintings (paintings by form)
Medium
- Öl auf Lindenholz
Creator
- Lucas Cranach
Subject
- Mythology
- Mythology
Type of item
- panel paintings (paintings by form)
Medium
- Öl auf Lindenholz
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/
Creation date
- 1546
- 1546
Current location
- http://sws.geonames.org/791119
Identifier
- GER_280_003
Extent
- 122.5 x 186.5 cm
Year
- 1546
Providing country
- Germany
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-02T11:51:34.063Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-09-02T11:51:34.063Z