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Erotic Series with Couples in Bed
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this 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, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineErotic Series with Couples in Bed. c. 1750 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
