Minerva protects the shepherd Syphilis, Allegorical scene with Minerva protecting the shepherd Syphilis (who refused to worship Apollo and infected him with sores all over his body as punishment) against Venus, Bacchus, Poverty and Father Time, who harass the young man. In the background the temple of Apollo. In the margin a ten-line poem and below that a three-line dedication, in Latin., print, print maker: Pieter Perret, (mentioned on object), after design by: Otto van Veen, (mentioned on object), Pieter Perret, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, c. 1575 - c. 1625, paper, engraving, height, 319

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