The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Client
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: 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 lies in bed and drinks from a cup. Two men stand beside the bed, tending to him. 
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-299
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown and black inks, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.6 × 14.5 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)