16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts The case is of very

The case is of very good quality

one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine

below is a parquetry panel with a carved crest having a central garland with  a crossed malt shovel and a staff with a carved hops finial

5" tall x 20" wide

an NEA fellowship

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts The case is of verySOLD 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