Johann Theodor de Bry and Sebald Beham
The Fountain of Youth
1580-1622
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Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 82 x 207 mm. (3 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10976
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate monogram "HSB"; in image, lower center, in plate "Io. Theo. de Bry fe."; below image, across lower margin, six lines of text beginning "Balnea Mundanae non vltima gaudia vitae...". Verso: lower center in graphite "S.B. 20"; lower left in graphite diamond with "8997"; lower left in graphite indecipherable; lower left in graphite "166. / vol-"
Markings: CM: unidentified (stamp, blue ink, shield with plumes, not in Lugt); Claghorn
