16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Sculpture leaving behind a strong body

leaving behind a strong body of work both in fine art museums & private collections

A very fine antique Japanese Meiji period Satsuma pottery bowl

each side is fitted with button that when pressed would have sounded a servant's bell

5" long X 27

the bowls are internally decorfated with red spiral glass canes

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Sculpture leaving behind a strong bodySOLD 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