Balneology Collection

Concert at the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic. 1905 (postcard)
3434102 Concert at the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic. 1905 (postcard); (add.info.: Geography. Czech Republic. Concert at the spa of Marienbad (Marianske Lazne)

Concert in the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic, c.1920 (postcard)
3434104 Concert in the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic, c.1920 (postcard); (add.info.: Geography. Czech Republic. Concert in the spa of Marienbad (Marianske Lazne)

A naked man entering a heated bathing cabin, miniature from the manuscript "De Universo" or "De rerum
AIS5378728 A naked man entering a heated bathing cabin, miniature from the manuscript "De Universo" or "De rerum naturis" (On the Nature of Things), cod

Food and Beverage. Farm of Frahinfaz, restaurant in Belgium. Poster by Duck and Crespin, Belgium, c.1890 (poster)
3434523 Food and Beverage. Farm of Frahinfaz, restaurant in Belgium. Poster by Duck and Crespin, Belgium, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beverage)

Page taken from the manuscript "De Balneis Puteolanis" by Pietro da Eboli
AIS5390410 Page taken from the manuscript "De Balneis Puteolanis" by Pietro da Eboli; Biblioteca Angelica, Rome

Frigidarium, 1882, (oil on canvas)
7129317 Frigidarium, 1882, (oil on canvas) by Pigna, Alessandro (1883-1903); Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Frigidarium, 1882, Alessandro Pigna)

Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan, Iran (photo)
7062344 Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan, Iran (photo) by Qajar School (19th century); Kashan, Iran; (add.info.: Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan)

Ruins with thermae, 18th century (oil on canvas)
7129511 Ruins with thermae, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691/2-1765); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan, Iran (photo)
7062343 Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan, Iran (photo) by Qajar School (19th century); Kashan, Iran; (add.info.: Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house, Kashan)

Naval Bathhouse, 1907 (oil on canvas)
7349313 Naval Bathhouse, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Jansson, Eugene (1862-1915); Thiel Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: by Eugene Jansson (1862-1915))

Ondina dressing her hair. Plaster. 40. 5x42x34cm. Museum ref 2816
6265339 Ondina dressing her hair. Plaster. 40.5x42x34cm. Museum ref 2816. by Amils, Antoni Alsina i (c.1863-1948); 40.5x42x34 cm; Museu Diocesa d'Urgell, La Seu d'Urgell

The spa doctor receives his patients in Thuringia, Germany
7279605 The spa doctor receives his patients in Thuringia, Germany by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The spa doctor receives his patients in Thuringia, Germany)

The Park at the Spa, Vichy, France c. 1900 (photo)
1729669 The Park at the Spa, Vichy, France c. 1900 (photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France (spa) c. 1900 : the park)

Morning at the Spa, Vichy, France, c. 1900 (photo)
1729667 Morning at the Spa, Vichy, France, c.1900 (photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France (spa) c. 1900 : the morning)

The Bath Spa, Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France, 1839 (engraving)
1729668 The Bath Spa, Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France, 1839 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France (spa) : the bath of the hospital, 1839 engraving)

The Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France (b / w photo)
1729665 The Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France, spa : the new hydrotherapic hospital in 1909)

Palais des Sources Spa, Vichy, France (photo)
1729664 Palais des Sources Spa, Vichy, France (photo) by French Photographer (20th century)

The hydrotherapy Spa, Vichy, 1816 (colour engraving)
1729666 The hydrotherapy Spa, Vichy, 1816 (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France (spa): the hydrotherapic establishment, 1816, engraving)

Spa at the Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France, 1909 (b / w photo)
1729663 Spa at the Hydrotherapy Hospital, Vichy, France, 1909 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Vichy, France, spa : the former hydrotherapic hospital in 1909)

The thermal water fountain of the Sextius thermal baths in the Bouches du Rhone Anonymous watercolor
JEB4825962 The thermal water fountain of the Sextius thermal baths in the Bouches du Rhone Anonymous watercolor. Mejanes Library, Aix en Provence by Constantin

View from the rocks of South Bay and the Spa, Scarborough
7243381 View from the rocks of South Bay and the Spa, Scarborough by Newnes, George (1851-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: View from the rocks of South Bay and the Spa, Scarborough)

The source of cordeliers, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019
7076072 The source of cordeliers, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019 by Beylard, Louis Charles (1843-1925); (add.info.: Palais Lumiere, Old Baths of Evian-les-Bains)

William Withering at Caldas da Rainha, 1794. 1805 (engraving)
7235091 William Withering at Caldas da Rainha, 1794.1805 (engraving) by Breda, Carl Frederik van (1759-1818) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The source Cachat, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019
7076073 The source Cachat, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019 by Beylard, Louis Charles (1843-1925); (add.info.: Palais Lumiere, Old Baths of Evian-les-Bains)

The source of Clermont, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019
7076071 The source of Clermont, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019 by Beylard, Louis Charles (1843-1925); (add.info.: Palais Lumiere, Old Baths of Evian-les-Bains)

Dans un bain de vapeur (sauna) - In a steam bath - Deux jeunes femmes nues se coiffant et profitant des bienfaits du
FIA5368154 Dans un bain de vapeur (sauna) - In a steam bath - Deux jeunes femmes nues se coiffant et profitant des bienfaits du thermalisme traditionnel russe - Peinture de Vitali Gavrilovich Tikhov

La source Bonnevie, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019
7076074 La source Bonnevie, sculpture in the Lobby, Palais Lumiere, Evian, 2019 by Beylard, Louis Charles (1843-1925); (add.info.: Palais Lumiere, Old Baths of Evian-les-Bains)

Portrait of William Withering, physician and botanist, 1741-17991801 (engraving)
7235089 Portrait of William Withering, physician and botanist, 1741-17991801 (engraving) by Breda, Carl Frederik van (1759-1818) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Withering, MD, FRS)

Regency-era French window curtains, 1813
6339797 Regency-era French window curtains, 1813 by British School, (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Regency-era French window curtains, 1813)

Les sources d eau minerale dans le parc thermal de Miskhor (Ukraine) - Mineral springs in the cure park of Miskhor
FIA5339811 Les sources d eau minerale dans le parc thermal de Miskhor (Ukraine) - Mineral springs in the cure park of Miskhor - Oeuvre de Nikanor Grigoryevich Tschernezoff

Etablissement thermal de Vichy (engraving)
7179559 Etablissement thermal de Vichy (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Etablissement thermal de Vichy)

Kaiserbad (Imperial Baths), 1896 (watercolour)
7205680 Kaiserbad (Imperial Baths), 1896 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Le palais des Thermes a Paris (engraving)
7179561 Le palais des Thermes a Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le palais des Thermes a Paris)

Une cure thermale (Sauna) a Moscou (A cure bath in Moscow). Peinture de Gerard de la Barthe (actif entre 1787 et 1810)
FIA5331096 Une cure thermale (Sauna) a Moscou (A cure bath in Moscow). Peinture de Gerard de la Barthe (actif entre 1787 et 1810). Aquarelle sur papier, 45, 7 x 66, 7 cm, vers 1790

Bain soignant a Moscou. (Thermalisme : de nombreuses femmes nues se baignent, pres d un batiment de sauna traditionnel)
FIA5361213 Bain soignant a Moscou. (Thermalisme : de nombreuses femmes nues se baignent, pres d un batiment de sauna traditionnel)

Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA (b / w photo)
7157592 Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Faithful geyser)

Der Sprudel (Hot Spring), 1894 (watercolour)
7205591 Der Sprudel (Hot Spring), 1894 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Vue interieure du palais des Thermes a Paris, etat actuel (engraving)
7179817 Vue interieure du palais des Thermes a Paris, etat actuel (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue interieure du palais des Thermes a Paris)

Les bains romains (the roman Baths). Peinture de Feodor Andreyevich Bronnikov (1827-1902)
FIA5355018 Les bains romains (the roman Baths). Peinture de Feodor Andreyevich Bronnikov (1827-1902). Huile sur toile, 1858, 160 x 212 cm, art russe. Museum of Regional studies, Chadrinsk (Russie)

Les Eaux-Chaudes, a Dax (Landes) (engraving)
7179202 Les Eaux-Chaudes, a Dax (Landes) (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Eaux-Chaudes, a Dax (Landes)

Das Vestibul des Kaiserbads (The Vestibule of the Imperial Baths), 1896 (watercolour)
7205679 Das Vestibul des Kaiserbads (The Vestibule of the Imperial Baths), 1896 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary

Thermes (Thermae). Peinture de Hubert Robert (1733-1808), huile sur toile, 1778, art francais. State A
FIA5326561 Thermes (Thermae). Peinture de Hubert Robert (1733-1808), huile sur toile, 1778, art francais. State A.Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscou

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A gigantic octopus, exposed in a tub on a beach near Toulon, has seized... (colour litho)
2783584 A gigantic octopus, exposed in a tub on a beach near Toulon, has seized... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A gigantic octopus)

Arab Baths of Jaen, hammam (Turkish bath), 11th-12th century (photo)
AIS5337410 Arab Baths of Jaen, hammam (Turkish bath), 11th-12th century (photo) by Islamic School, (12th century); Jaen, Andalusia, Spain; (add.info.: Central warm room of the hammam (Turkish bath)

Arab Baths, Ronda, Spain, 13th century (photo)
AIS5343326 Arab Baths, Ronda, Spain, 13th century (photo) by Spanish School, (13th century); Ronda, Andalucia, Spain; (add.info.: Hispano Moorish architecture, 13th century, in Ronda)

Frigidarium, Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain, 2nd-1st century BC (photo)
AIS5345482 Frigidarium, Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain, 2nd-1st century BC (photo) by Roman, (2nd century BC); Caldes de Montbui, Catalonia

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Balneology, the art and science of healing through bathing, has a rich history that spans across centuries and continents. From ancient ruins adorned with thermae to luxurious bathhouses captured in oil on canvas, these glimpses into the world offer us a window into its fascinating past. In Frigidarium, an 1882 masterpiece painted on canvas, we witness the serene beauty of a Roman bathhouse. The artist's brushstrokes bring to life the tranquil atmosphere where people sought solace and rejuvenation amidst cascading waterfalls and marble statues. Traveling eastward to Kashan, Iran, we encounter Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad bath house through captivating photographs. These images transport us back in time as we imagine ourselves immersed in opulence within intricately tiled chambers filled with warm steam and soothing aromas. Naval Bathhouse takes us even further back in time with another oil painting depicting an ancient bathing ritual. Here, sailors find respite from their arduous journeys at sea as they indulge in therapeutic waters that heal both body and soul. Moving away from visual representations, Ondina dressing her hair showcases a plaster sculpture that captures the gracefulness of preparing for a spa experience. This delicate artwork reminds us of the meticulous rituals involved in self-care during balneotherapy. Journeying to Thuringia, Germany brings us face-to-face with the spa doctor who diligently tends to his patients' well-being. With expertise passed down through generations, he administers treatments tailored to each individual's needs using natural resources found abundantly within this region. Vichy Spa invites us into its enchanting realm through vintage photographs capturing moments at The Park at the Spa or Morning at the Spa. These snapshots reveal bustling scenes filled with laughter and leisurely strolls among lush gardens while guests embrace Vichy's renowned hydrotherapy offerings.