Old Age in Search of Youth

1650s

Dating: Within this decade
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on panel, over traces of underdrawing in black
Dimensions: 9 x 6 11/16 in. (22.8 x 17 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.126
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

David Teniers the Younger. Old Age in Search of Youth. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Old Age in Search of Youth — David Teniers the Younger. 1650s.

Medium: Oil on panel, over traces of underdrawing in black. Dimensions: 9 x 6 11/16 in. (22.8 x 17 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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