anonymous
Erotic Series with Couples in Bed
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The tradition of depicting couples caught in the act originated in Marcantonio Raimondi’s famous engraved series I modi (The Sixteen Pleasures, 1524) after Giulio Romano. Such printed series offered a visual catalogue of sexual positions. As the subject never got old, such series were issued throughout the ages, the printmakers – mostly anonymous – simply adapting the setting to the taste of their time.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-100.364
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
