Scene with a Warning Against Venereal Disease in a Circle at Center

1580–1600

Not on view

An allegorical scene with a warning against venereal disease set in a landscape in a circle at center. At right, a figure plays the lute in front of a fountain with Venus and Cupid. At center, a man gestures towards the fountain, while facing left towards a figure with a spear standing over a man crouching to drink from a stream into which a dog is urinating. Around the central circle, strapwork ornaments on a crosshatch background. The scene is a reverse copy of a print by Johannes Sadeler (Hollstein XXI.163.492) after a print by Christoph Schwarz.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Scene with a Warning Against Venereal Disease in a Circle at Center
Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt)
Artist: After Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice)
Artist: After Christoph Schwarz (German, Munich ca. 1548–1592 Munich)
Date: 1580–1600
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 5 3/8 in. (13.5 × 13.6 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.5794(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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