Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease, design for 'Hyacum et lues venerea,' plate 6 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash, charcoal on paper, Oblique view into two rooms. At left, a kitchen where people are busy at work preparing a medicine (Guaiacum) against venereal disease. At right, in a bedroom, a man lying in bed drinks from a cup. Two men stand beside the bed, tending to him. This is a preparatory drawing for the 'Hyacum et lues venera' print, plate 6 from Stradanus's Nova Reperta series, published in Antwerp by Philips Galle., Florence, Italy, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Discovery, Guaiacum, Cure, Venereal Disease, design, 'Hyacum et lues venerea, plate 6, Nova Reperta, New Inventions, Modern Times, print series, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, ink, brush, gray wash, charcoal, paper, Oblique view, two rooms, left, kitchen, people, busy, work preparing, medicine, Guaiacum, venereal disease, right, bedroom, man lying, bed drinks, cup, Two men stand beside, bed, tending, preparatory drawing, 'Hyacum et lues venera' print, plate 6, Stradanus's Nova Reperta series, published, Antwerp, Philips Galle, Florence, Italy, ca, 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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