16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Redo 5" long when unhooked

5" long when unhooked

a very fine 18th century Massachusetts highboy circa 1760

each box raised on five zoomorphic feet

with a central cartouche on a blue ground of two gazelles and a circular panel with Naskh style calligraphy

the larger of the two figures is signed by the artist " E

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Redo 5" long when unhookedSOLD 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