For a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury
For a night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury

Summary/Abstract: Syphilis, a treponemal sexually transmitted disease, was from the very begining stigmatized and considered to be disgraceful and embarrasing. But its history is connected with the artistic personality in more ways than one. The artists themselves were often its victims whilst, in a kind of sado-masochistic gesture, they described its far-reaching ravages with nothing less than relish.

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