16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts in 40 years in the

in 40 years in the business of selling fine antiques both sides of the Atlantic I have only seen one other

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

one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine

becoming regular lessees of the Agricultural Halls Islington

called the Kharouba

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Decorative Arts in 40 years in theSOLD 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