Scene with a Warning Against Venereal Disease in a Circle at Center, 1580–1600, Engraving, Sheet: 5 5/16 × 5 3/8 in. (13.5 × 13.6 cm), Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), after Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice), after Christoph Schwarz (German, Munich ca. 1548–1592 Munich), 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
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Scene, Warning, Venereal Disease, Circle, Center, 1580–1600, Engraving, Sheet, 5 5/16, 3/8, 13.5, 13.6 cm, Theodor de Bry, Netherlandish, Liège, 1528–1598, Frankfurt, after Johann Sadeler I, Brussels, 1550–1600/1601, Venice, Christoph Schwarz, German, Munich ca., 1548–1592, Munich, allegorical, scene, warning, venereal disease, set, landscape, circle, center, right, figure plays, lute, front, fountain, Venus, Cupid, man gestures, towards, facing left, figure, spear standing, crouching, drink, stream, dog, urinating
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