Sadeler, Johann (I), Munich, Schwarz, Christoph, Warning against adultery and venereal disease, verso lower left - stamped, Landscape in which on the left a fountain with a statue of Venus and Cupid. Water flows from Venus's breasts. The fountain is the source of a stream, in which a dog urinates in the foreground. A scholar stands next to the source and points to it. Despite his warning, a shepherd drinks from the stream. On the left foreground an adulterous woman with horns on her head. She plays the lute and is probably the personification of Lust. The print has a Latin caption with warnings against adulterous women from the Book of Proverbs and the Book of Ecclesiastes., print, prints, height 240 mm, width 303 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, 1545 - 1592-04-15, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, writer
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Sadeler, Johann, I, Munich, Schwarz, Christoph, Warning, adultery, venereal disease, verso lower, left, - stamped, Landscape, fountain, statue, Venus, Cupid, Water flows, Venus's breasts, source, stream, dog urinates, foreground, scholar stands next, points, warning, shepherd drinks, left foreground, adulterous woman, horns, head, plays, lute, personification, Lust, print, Latin caption, warnings, adulterous women, Book, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, prints, height 240 mm, width 303 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, printing process, German, 1545 - 1592-04-15, intermediary draughtsman, drawing, writer
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