Youth Collection (#16)

Vase-painting of a youth playing the flute and a woman dancing, 6th century BC. Artist: Epikektos
A painting on a kylix of a youth playing the flute and a woman dancing. Signed by Epikektos, 6th century BC

Relief showing an Athenian youth greeting older man, 5th century BC

Antinous (d122), Bithynian youth, favourite and companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian
Antinous (d130), Bithynian youth, favourite and companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian (76-138). Antinous drowned in the Nile

Valentinian II or Gratian, 4th century Roman Emperors. Head of a statue of Valentinian (371-392) or his half-brother Gratian (359-383)

Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, philosopher and mystic, telling his grandchildren a story, c1890-1910. From the British Museum

A Labour of Love, 1905. A little boy in a straw hat and sailor suit hoes the flower garden for his grandmother who, in shawl and bonnet, sits watching outside her thatched country cottage

Youth and Age, 1866. Artist: Myles Birket Foster
Youth and Age, 1866. An idylllic scene: grandmother, wearing a lace cap and a shawl, sits in a cottage garden with her two grandchildren

Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Artist: Maria Spilsbury
Three generations listening to a reading from the family Bible, c1800. Grandparents, parents and two children sit at the table, and a baby lies in a basketwork cradle

Apollo, Ancient Greek god of music, poetry, archery, prophecy and healing, 1798. Apollo depicted as the perfection of youthful manhood. Laurel was his plant

The Four Evangelists, 1620-1625. Artist: Jacob Jordaens
The Four Evangelists, 1620-1625. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Hyacinth, 1740-1750. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Hyacinth, 1740-1750. From the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Aux Camp des Pupilles de la Republique, 1871. Cartoon published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. From a Private collection

The Virgin and Child, c1570-1576. Artist: Titian
The Virgin and Child, c1570-1576. From the National Gallery, London

Allegory of Prudence, c1565-1570. Artist: Titian
Allegory of Prudence, c1565-1570. The triple-headed beast - wolf, lion and dog - is a symbol of prudence. From the National Gallery, London

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) as a youth, listening to his tutor Aristotle, c1875. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great, (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

The Strangford Apollo, 5th century BC
The Strangford Apollo, a Greek Kouros, probably from the Isle of Anareis, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Charles Darwin, English naturalist. Darwin (1809-1882) as a young man. Darwin was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Greek Relief of Young man holding Strygil with Boy holding Oil Vessel, c400 BC. Oil for massage after Athletic activity is cleaned off with strygil, Athens

Waldensian youth hiding his vernacular Bible c1200 (19th century). Waldenses (Valdenses:Vaudois:Valdesi) was a Christian sect originating 12th century France

Detail of a youth on a Persian velvet cloak, 17th century
Detail of a youth on a Persian velvet cloak, from the Royal Armourys collection in Stockholm, 17th century

Greek statue known as the Anavyssos Kouros, 6th century BC
The Anavyssos Kouros, from Anavyssos in Attica. Now in the National Museum in Athens, 6th century BC

Marble head of a youth from the north wing of the Royal palace at Fishbourne, Sussex

Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer, as a young man, c1900
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian-born composer, as a young man, c1900

Mozart Wins the Heart of Royalty c1763 (early 20th century). Artist: C Dudley Tennant
Mozart Wins the Heart of Royalty c1763 (early 20th century). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) at the age of seven playing his violin in front of the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband

Roman portrait head of a boy, last quarter of 2nd century. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of a youth, first half of 2nd century. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of the young Caracalla, late 2nd or early 3rd century. The eldest son of Septimius Severus, Caracalla (188-217) was Roman Emperor from 211, initially ruling alongside his brother Geta

Portrait of the Young Marcus Aurelius, third quarter 2nd century AD
Portrait of the Young Marcus Aurelius, third quarter of 2nd century AD. Marcus Aurelius (121-180) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of Antinous, mid 2nd century. Antinous (d130) was a Bithynian youth who was the favourite and companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian (76-138)

Portrait bust of the Roman Emperor Nero as a youth, mid 1st century. Nero (37-68) became Emperor of Rome in 54. Tyrannical, debauched and extravagant

Portrait of Peter II, c1728. Detail. The grandson of Peter the Great, Peter (1715-1730) acceded in 1727 but died of smallpox three years later. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

St Nicholas, for Boys and Girls, cover, October 1919. Features young people playing golf

Statue of Heracles as a Boy, second half of 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the late 4th century BC. According to Greek mythology, Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alemene

Kouros, late 6th-early 5th century BC. From ancient Olbia, a Greek colony on the estuary of the River Dnieper, in what is today Ukraine. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Cover of The British Girls Annual, 1923

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