Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard.
Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard.
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Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: La fontaine de jouvence. Senectus atque paupertas duo sunt vulnera inmedicabilia. Sent Grec ... Boilard fecit.

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