16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts two figures are portrayed

two figures are portrayed

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

The base with two corresponding bands of cream calligraphy

a renowned platform for artists of the time

all the inlay and overlay is present

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts two figures are portrayedSOLD 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