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Fountain Youth
Purchased 1919
adults
bathing / swimming
birth to death
classical myths: gods and heroes
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
Fountain of Castalia
group
groups
inspiration
landscape
leisure and pastimes
male
man
Mount Parnassis
Muse
mythical, religious, fictional
nudes
people
places
pool
recreational activities
religion and belief
rocky
society
spring
water: inland
waterfall
woman
youth
<p>According to his wife, Burne-Jones first began a large version of 'The Fountain of Youth' in 1873, which may be identified as this painting. The fountain of immortality was a theme he returned to several times over the years. Although the precise source of the subject is unknown, it is most probably derived from classical mythology. The Muses were thought to visit a spring on Mount Parnassis from which sprang the fountain of Castalia, the source of poetic inspiration.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
20 April 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
1 March 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
2015-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-04-20
Pre Raphaelite Works on Paper
Collection based display
14 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
14 September 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-09-14
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm, Sweden)
http://www.waldermarsudde.com
21 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-21
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes (Bergen, Norway)
2019-09-14
Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphaelites and the North
Loan-out
27 March 2024 – 22 July 2024
2024-07-22
27 March 2024 – 22 July 2024
2024-07-22
2024-03-27
Musée du Louvre-Lens (Lens, France)
2024-03-27
Subterranean Worlds
Loan-out
Fountain of Youth
support: 623 × 1030 mm
frame: 740 × 1160 × 60 mm
Purchased 1919
<p>According to his wife, Burne-Jones first began a large version of 'The Fountain of Youth' in 1873, which may be identified as this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. The fountain of immortality was a theme he returned to several times over the years. Although the precise source of the subject is unknown, it is most probably derived from <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> mythology. The Muses were thought to visit a spring on Mount Parnassis from which sprang the fountain of Castalia, the source of poetic inspiration.</p>
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adults bathing / swimming birth to death classical myths: gods and heroes emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas Fountain of Castalia group groups inspiration landscape leisure and pastimes male man Mount Parnassis Muse mythical, religious, fictional nudes people places pool recreational activities religion and belief rocky society spring waterfall water: inland woman youth