Vase fragment, terracota, Europe, Roman
Standing male with Erotes, bird. Accession Number: 17.194.2032
Pair of gold earrings with Erotes
Ending in Erotes singing. Hellenistic
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Aphrodite in a chariot drawn over the sea by two Erotes. Classical
Erotic amulet, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
From Egypt Ptolemaic Period
Archaic Greek Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, seated youth holding fruit (quinces?)Exterior, obverse, flute girl peering into amphora (jar)Reverse, flute girl holding cup of special shapeThe decoration of vases used in symposia (drinking party) d... More
Pair of gold disk earrings with pendant Erotes
Disc enclosing flower with pendant in the form of a winged Eros. Hellenistic
Vase Fragment, terracota, Europe, Roman
Erotes chasing wild boars. Accession Number: 17.194.1997
Vase fragment, terracota, Europe, Roman
Priapus, fluteplayer, Erotes.
Erotic figurine, Egypt, Late Period (525-332 BCE)
From Egypt Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Pair of gold-disk earrings with Erotes pendants
The winged Eros was a particularly popular image for earrings, because he would appear to be flying when suspended from the wearer's ear. Hellenistic
Roman Marble statue of Aphrodite
Copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C.
Roman Terracotta mirror stand
Pair of Erotes supporting mirror. Imperial
Thymiaterion (brûle-parfum) aux deux Eros (CVA 342)
Base en forme de pyxis évidée, supportée par trois pattes de lion. Debouts sur cette base et adossés, deux Erotes tenant dans la main droite une couronne soutiennent de leurs ailes dressées une coupelle.
Red-Figure Skyphos with (A) Satyr and (B) Maenad LACMA AC1992.152.4 (2...
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Red-Figure Skyphos with (A) Satyr and (B) Maenad LACMA AC1992.152.4 (2...
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Plaque with Erotic Scene, India
Shunga period
Plaque with Erotic Scene, India
Shunga period
Heavenly beauty, sculpture collection Rijksmuseum
This female figure has raised her flywhisk to brush away the little monkey tugging at her clinging lower garment. The imprints of fingernails on her cheek and shoulder betray the fact that she has just been wit... More
Ornament with a pair of lovers
Before British prudery gained the upper hand, Indians regarded erotic scenes as auspicious symbols (mangala). Erotic images were often affixed to furniture as ornaments. This plaque probably adorned the side of... More
Apollo and Diana, Jacopo de Barbari, Italian
Jacopo de' Barbari, sometimes known or referred to as de'Barbari, de Barberi, de Barbari, Barbaro, Barberino, Barbarigo or Barberigo, was an Italian painter and printmaker with a highly individual style.
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio - Loves of the Gods
No collection of erotic prints should be without Caraglio’s Loves of the Gods. Consisting of twenty-some prints, this scandalous series presents the amorous escapades of the classical gods fairly explicitly. Th... More
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio - Loves of the Gods
No collection of erotic prints should be without Caraglio’s Loves of the Gods. Consisting of twenty-some prints, this scandalous series presents the amorous escapades of the classical gods fairly explicitly. Th... More
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio - Loves of the Gods
No collection of erotic prints should be without Caraglio’s Loves of the Gods. Consisting of twenty-some prints, this scandalous series presents the amorous escapades of the classical gods fairly explicitly. Th... More
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio - Loves of the Gods
No collection of erotic prints should be without Caraglio’s Loves of the Gods. Consisting of twenty-some prints, this scandalous series presents the amorous escapades of the classical gods fairly explicitly. Th... More
Cornelis Bos - Sacrifice to Priapus
Beverland owned a large collection of prints, many of which were erotically charged. He used them to illustrate his notes about sexuality. Priapus, an ancient god of fertility, features frequently in erotic pri... More
Statue of Hercules
This engraving presents a draughtsman drawing a gigantic statue of the demigod Hercules. Beverland also had a copy of this impressive print in his private collection. However, he did not keep it intact. As he w... More
Young Lord and Young Woman
Alongside all manner of classical and mythological subjects, the French court sculptor Prieur also made a few figurines representing daily life. With this elegant couple he played with the unequal standing of t... More
Young Lord and Young Woman
Alongside all manner of classical and mythological subjects, the French court sculptor Prieur also made a few figurines representing daily life. With this elegant couple he played with the unequal standing of t... More
David Vinckboons I - The Bird-Nester
A lad steals eggs from a nest. Two peasants watch him closely, so intently in fact that they are oblivious to the boy cutting one of their purses. The depiction may have an erotic significance: whoever stands b... More
Adriaen de Vries - Bacchus Finding Ariadne on Naxos
The god Bacchus, accompanied by a satyr with a torch, discovers the sleeping Ariadne and falls in love with the princess. It is hardly a coincidence that Cupid, the god of love, is seated in the foreground. De ... More
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Erotic Print, Japan, Edo period, Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868)
Carlo Maratti - Nude Male Figure
Ascribed to Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome)
The Flute-player, Rembrandt van Rijn
This print was formerly called ‘het Uylenspiegeltje’ (the scoundrel), and not without reason. Rembrandt concealed all kinds of erotic double entendres in this scene of a shepherd couple beside the water. The ma... More
Girl in a Large Hat
The girl with her exotic, broad-brimmed sun hat and suggestively exposed shoulder offers the viewer her basket with fruit: the erotic message is unmistakeable. The painting was originally intended to hang high ... More
Rembrandt van Rijn - Nude Man Seated before a Curtain
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Portrait of Hadriaan Beverland with a Prostitute
This striking panel painting shows the eccentric Beverland with a wine glass and a pipe. Sitting next to him is a prostitute. This portrayal was a deliberate provocation. Done in various shades of brown (the so... More
John Smith - The Music Lesson
This aristocratic lady and her music teacher have just interrupted their lesson to give into their sensual urges. The flute on the table, tilted upwards, leaves no room for doubt regarding this gentleman’s inte... More
Cup and saucer with with an erotic scene and flower sprays
Kop en schotel van porselein met gemodelleerde vakken in de wand, beschilderd in onderglazuur blauw. De wand van de kop met twee rijen gemodelleerde vakken, de onderste met bloemtakken, de bovenste met landscha... More
De vermoeyde dienst meyt (The Tired Maidservant)
The master of the house chances upon his practically naked maidservant in bed. His curiosity aroused, he has put on his spectacles to compare her body with that of his spouse. He covers her vagina with his hat... More