Antique Erotic

His favorite subjects were evocative or erotic — the female form, the nude figure or a beautiful head of a favorite model.

Franz Xavier Bergman was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes, Oriental, erotic, and animal figures, the latter often humanized or...

Furthermore, in seventeenth-century painting, stories of female heroism became a pretext for the sensual representation of the body, suggesting an erotic interpretation alongside the...

Schiele's hand joined so many ways of seeing to capture the erotic, the intellectual, the esthetic. In the early years of 20th century Vienna, there was no clear separation between f...

Schiele's hand joined so many ways of seeing to capture the erotic, the intellectual, the esthetic. In the early years of 20th century Vienna, there was no clear separation between f...

Schiele's hand joined so many ways of seeing to capture the erotic, the intellectual, the esthetic. In the early years of 20th century Vienna, there was no clear separation between f...

Nature is at once creative, erotic, intellectual, and potentially dangerous. The mirror suggests that art reflects the natural world, while the serpent signals that such reflection a...

His career, however, was not without controversy; in the early 1960s, some of his prints were temporarily confiscated due to their erotic content, which at the time was deemed provoc...

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

His extensive graphic production included literary illustrations as well as mythological, theatrical, and frequently erotic subjects. He later divided his career between Paris and Já...

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

The artwork represents a greedy crow with a holy light above his head, which has put on much jewelry and treasure, Richard Müller (1874-1954) born in the Bohemian city of Tschirnitz...

Scholars have suggested that these works are erotic allusions. Maids were frequently associated with promiscuity, and the plate of fish - which she displays openly towards the viewer...

In this instance too, the work is distinguished by the fusion of the figure’s classical perfection with a strong erotic and contemplative charge, closely resembling Titian’s models.

The iconographic theme of ‘Susanna and the Old Men’, which apparently boasted moralistic intentions, became very fashionable in the Baroque period due to its obvious erotic overtones...

Apart from their decorative character, these paintings also had an erotic connotation, which was not unusual even in a culture dominated by the restrictions of the Counter-Reformatio...

He describes the procession of deities before the chariot racing begins and begs Venus’s indulgence for her help in his erotic venture. Our reference: A5281b

Many of Peters' works were erotic and although these works did not damage his career, according to Simon, Peters later regretted these when he became an ordained clergyman in 1781.

He attracted both acclaim and controversy for his works, many of which infused the Australian landscape with erotic pagan elements and were deemed by his critics to be "anti-Christia...

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

Antique wooden Indian temple panel Material : wood 52 cm high 25 cm wide and 13,4 cm deep Originating from an antique Temple Chariot 18th century With erotic figures See the last two...

Carefully sculpted animals, such as owls, could often be opened to reveal an erotic female figure inside.

The production of a series of erotic drawings inspired by Ovid led to Giulio Romano's disgrace with his papal patrons: the short-lived Adrian VI, then Clement VII.

Although he had used the naked female form in much of his bronze works it was during this period that he started to produce these mildly erotic yet beautiful nude figurines for Golds...

This figure is one of Kauba's metamorphic pieces, and is likely an example of his 'Naughties' series which were a collection of popular push button sculptures and often in the form o...

Under the pseudonym Heric, he produced a series of erotic drawings. Ours is similar to “Medieval Hairstyles and Costumes,” dated 1923.

Although he was active as an illustrator and caricaturist (see his lithographic collections of "Diableries" and his erotic, even pornographic, drawings), the majority of his work dep...

**Sri Lankan silver tobacco box, early 20th century M3724** This Sri Lankan silver tobacco box opens to reveal an erotic scene. It is finely engraved. Regarding condition, there ar...

Period: 17th century Top size: 18mm  Ring size: 8 Weight: 19 This XVII century erotic garnet intaglio, made of 18 carat gold, represents a peculiar erotic scene which is supposed ...

For a related example, but suckling only one child, from Allier, France and now in the British Museum, see fig. 25, p. 42 in Johns, Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome. ...

Bergman junior also had an eye for the erotic, fantasy pieces that today’s collectors covet most.

Inspired by Japanese erotic woodblock prints, the present drawing is especially compelling for its dramatic contrast between the expansive void at the lower edge—anchored by the arti...

He would later gain widespread acclaim as a painter of figures and nudes, especially for his refined, eroticized boudoir and bedroom scenes. His work reflects influences from Paul Fl...

Lely moved to England within a decade, and soon began painting portraits after briefly working in the pastoral genre, producing Arcadian histories of a semi-erotic nature. A Painter-...

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

However, he was always an eminently rural god; In the cities the figure of him was often used for erotic or humorous representations, as is the case of the Priapeia, a collection of ...

Liberi created important cycles of frescoes, as well as altarpieces and numerous secular easel paintings; the latter are particularly similar to the one in question and are highly so...

However, this type of scene would eventually acquire a new meaning, that of sophisticated erotic satires that mock the eternally unsatisfied desire of the satyr, especially in the co...

In addition to animals, Bergman also produced Orientalist figures, erotic subjects, and humorous compositions, many marked with the distinctive “B” in an urn-shaped cartouche.

These characters were used to disguise his identity on erotic works. His father Franz Bergmann was a professional hunter from Gablonz/Bohemia, who came to Vienna and founded a small ...

His religious office did not prevent him from producing some of the most emotionally charged and erotically nuanced images in 17th century Tuscan art.

The voluptuous women figures used in many of his sculptures are a product of this time and style. Nature and the erotic was, also, used often in this type style of art, which is seen...

During the Art Nouveau Era between 1900 and 1918, the factory became a major proponent of the Secessionist/Art Nouveau style, creating stylized sculptural, and often, erotic forms, o...

He stylises and perverts the bodies of his models, captured in suggestive, even erotic poses. A master of monotype printing, Pierre Combet-Descombes keeps his works hidden from view...

Significance: Meunier was one of the few prominent female artists working in the pin-up and erotic genres, which were dominated by men at the time.

Significance: Meunier was one of the few prominent female artists working in the pin-up and erotic genres, which were dominated by men at the time.

He stylizes and perverts the bodies of his models in suggestive and even erotic poses.

The "Alcibiades with the Courtesans" sculpture, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic original, depicts the famous Athenian statesman Alcibiades with female companions (hetaerae) and ...

Many critics and collectors described these pieces as gently erotic or verging on the libertine, and the fact that he sold hundreds of such nudes attests to the strong contemporary d...

Although he had used the naked female form in much of his bronze and ivory works it was during this period that he started to produce these mildly erotic yet beautiful nude figurines...

An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box Top / Lid, decorated with a Lady and Gentleman with a flute in parkland, gilt scroll border, the underside painted with an erotic pictur...

Bruno Zach is known for his erotic bronzes. The bronze depicts semi-nude dancer covered with flower.

- Material-related discoloration and minimal chips, also material-related, overall in very good condition - The nature of the scherzo - In keeping with the character of the ...

More than 150 lots included paintings, watercolors, drawings, and illustrated books, with subjects ranging from landscapes, portraits and self-portraits to nudes and erotic drawings....

Artist: Franz Xaver Bergmann (1861-1936) Title: The Carpet Merchant Technique: Painted bronze Size: 13 x 15 x 10.5 cm Marked: Brand mark in B cartouche Franz Xavier Bergman(n) (July...

Antique stereoscopic table viewer used in brothels, to view erotic images printed on paper for a fee. This device consists of a parallelepiped in fruit wood painted black, with the s...

He also participated in the illustration of around thirty books, including a good number of erotic ones. During the Occupation, Icart composed an engraved series entitled L'Exode.