Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled "Fountain of Youth"

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Artist: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
Date: 1803–47
Medium: Pen and brown ink on wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 in. (30.2 x 23.4 cm) mount: 14 1/2 x 10 11/16 in. (36.8 x 27.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession no.: 2007.49.458

The Relics
Jean-Jacques Grandville
c. 1835 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011333
An Insect Ball
Jean-Jacques Grandville
1835 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011488
Study for "Au Bouquet de persil," (A Bouquet of Parsley)
Jean-Jacques Grandville
1833 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012525
Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position), by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846
Jean-Jacques Grandville
ca. 1846 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022972

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.