16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Redo the bowl with carrying lugs

the bowl with carrying lugs to the side and similarly decorated in under-glazed blue

the chest on chest is raised on shaped bracket feet

Masson went into exile in the United States

From an 18th century chateau in the village of Meschers-sur-Gironde in the Southwest region of France

the liner is removeable with the original metal handles

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis by Christoph Schwarz, Circa 1580 Redo the bowl with carrying lugsSOLD 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