16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts A selenium toned gelatin silver

A selenium toned gelatin silver print edition 7/15

Samuel Bird was well known for his coastal scenes

the table is raised on four cabriole legs with gilt bronze ormolu mounts to the knees & gilt bronze sabots to the feet

In each corner to the base is the patron Saint George

a renowned platform for artists of the time

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts A selenium toned gelatin silverSOLD A large & important German Renaissance oil painting, an allegory on good sexual health, by Christoph Schwarz (1545 1592), "A Warning Against Venereal Disease", circa 1580. Christoph Schwarz was known to create a wide variety of works, including altarpieces, frescoes, and other oil paintings. A number of Schwarz's work were later turned into engravings by the Netherlandish engraver Johannes I Sadeler (1550 1600), Sadeler had reproduced this work