New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of Guaicum as a Cure for Veneral Infection, plate 6

Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
 After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish
 Publisher Philips Galle Netherlandish

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Sixth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of two rooms, each containing different occupants performing diverse tasks. On the left side an elderly man is depicted ill in bed while two men attend to him. On the right side a woman fans the fire, while another one uses a scale to weigh food. In the foreground a man seated on the floor chops logs of wood.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of Guaicum as a Cure for Veneral Infection, plate 6, Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp), Engraving

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