18th Century Social Commentary

Engravings depicting societal themes of vice and morality, featuring brothels, auctions, and employment with a satirical tone. Rich details and dark humor illustrate life's challenges.

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Nova Reperta, New inventions and discoveries, Medicine against syphilis, verso middle - stamped, Brewing and administering a medicine against syphilis On the right, the stem of the American medicinal plant Guaiacum is chopped into pieces by a servant. Other servants make a medicine from the pieces of bark. On the left, a bedroom where the medicine is administered to a patient by a doctor. A painting on the wall shows a brothel, a reference to the debauchery that is the origin of syphilis. The print is part of a nineteen-part series on new inventions and discoveries., print, prints, width 270 mm, height, 187 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1593, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Nova Reperta, New inventions and discoveries, Medicine against syphilis, verso middle - stamped, Brewing and administering a medicine against syphilis On the right, the stem of the American medicinal plant Guaiacum is chopped into pieces by a servant. Other servants make a medicine from the pieces of bark. On the left, a bedroom where the medicine is administered to a patient by a doctor. A painting on the wall shows a brothel, a reference to the debauchery that is the origin of syphilis. The print is part of a nineteen-part series on new inventions and discoveries., print, prints, width 270 mm, height, 187 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1593, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher