The Well of Life (Croatian: Zdenac života) is a sculpture by the Croatian sculptor and architect Ivan Meštrović. Created in 1905 (it was exhibited at the Spring Exhibition of the Vienna Secession that year), in 1912 it was installed on the Republic of Croatia Square in front of the National Theater.
It consists of a circular pool surrounded by a bronze frieze of ten intertwined nude figures. From children to loving couples and old people, the figures appear to be reaching over the lip of the fountain to scoop up the water, suggesting a universal theme of human zest for life and interdependence.
