[1][2] It shows a fountain where older women but not men bathe, are rejuvenated and finally indulge in music, dance and good food.

The barren rock on the left half symbolizes the arduous age of women, whilst the dense green forest on the right acts as a metaphor for youth.

The column-shaped fountain in the middle of the pool is crowned with the figures of Venus and Cupid, suggesting that the bath serves the force of love.

Here the women get dressed before they can move on to indulge in sensual pleasures, as suggested in the right background, where young couples are dancing and dining to music.

These women, of which one sits at the front left corner and the other at the center bottom of the basin, seem to be reluctant to get into the water, doubting whether a rejuvenated life is even desirable.

Spread over the entire image, Cranach's figures refer to the individual stages of supernatural transformation: it is the search for paradise.

Most of the figures in Cranach's work follow the ideals of beauty of the time and leads experts to believe that this painting is by his hand.