Cover of a Writing Tablet with the Fountain of Youth in the Cloisters, October 2009

Cover of a Writing Tablet with the Fountain of Youth and Amorous Scenes
Elephant ivory
France (Paris), ca. 1320-1340

Accession # 2003.131.4

The lower scene depicts three episodes in the progress of an amorous relationship. Above is the Fountain of Youth, an image rarely represented at this time. At the left an old bearded man with a walking stick enters the waters that are already inhabited by two youthful couples.

Text from the Cloisters label.