Antique Erotic

Later in his career, Ricciarelli became known for his skill in creating erotic art, which was a departure from his earlier religious works.

$750 Brilliant print of an erotic-mystical subject. Wiener Jugendstil, Erotic, Austrian, Symbolist.

Shunga is an original modern artwork realized by Katsukawa Schuncho (1726 – 1793) in the half of the 18th Century. Oban yokoe. Erotic scene from the series "Koshuko zue juni ko" (...

The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps.

The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive, albeit tortured, gait of small, light steps.

The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps.

Best known today for his prints and drawings illustrating erotic and occult literature of the period, he also produced oil paintings including landscapes, seascapes, and occasional g...

In bronze, rather than Goldscheider's usual terracotta, it depicts a sultry, erotic, female figure, her gown slipping off her shoulders, stood raising her left hand high, with a snak...

These marks used to disguise his identity on the erotic works. Often, the sculptures are also marked with model number and stamped “GESHUTZED” (German for “PROTECTED”).

He designed at least 350 hashira-e pillar prints, numerous kachō-e bird-and-flower prints, a great number of shunga erotic prints, and others. Ninety of his nikuhitsu-ga paintings ar...

Concurrently the Decadent Movement harnessed a symbolism that emphasised the spiritual, morbid and erotic. It is evident that this work possesses the decorative qualities of the aes...

Concurrently, the Decadent Movement harnessed a symbolism that emphasised the spiritual, morbid and erotic. It is evident that this work possesses the decorative qualities of the ae...

The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive, albeit tortured, gait of small, light steps.

A highly regarded maker of such pieces, Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936), worked on a range of pieces from Orientalist to figurative, erotic, and animal or animalia works, with the latt...

Depicting a debonair, calm, and young male figure full of self-confidence, this fine work stands out among Zach's oeuvre, which usually features erotic pieces. Made in patinated bron...

Louis Perceau (1883-1942), a French poet and writer, still renowned for his erotic works, asked Gerda Wegener to illustrate his book of erotic poetry, Douze Sonnets Lascifs, which wa...

The emotional fluidity of Klimt’s erotic drawings created and still creates an intense psychological reaction in the viewer.

Although it is generally believed in Europe that the subject matter of this scene refers to an erotic story of stolen fruit, the fruit depicted with a large round form could be repre...

These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion) the 52 chapters of Genji Monogatari, or Tales of Prince Genji.

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 sm...

Illustrated with 15 plates from paintings by Louis Chalon reproduced in photogravure, most quite evocative and many erotic, all executed in superb fashion and with great skill.

The Harem was one of the original wood engravings designed by Eric Gill as illustrationsant series of prints, displaying every aspect of the striking yet graceful individual style fo...

Created in Japan, this woodblock print called a Shunga and depicting two women making love, derives from an erotic artistic tradition featuring graphic images of sexual activity.

Created in Japan, this woodblock print called a Shunga and depicting a couple making love, derives from an erotic artistic tradition featuring graphic images of sexual activity.

His own early work consisted of pastiches of romantic "fancy pictures"--odalisques, bathers, erotic mythologies, sentimental idylls. Gifted with an abundant, dangerously effortless f...

Noted for his detailed and colorful work, Bergman was signing his creations with either a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche, or "Nam Greb" for "Bergman" in reverse (these marks used to ...

As well as landscapes and still lifes, a large part of his work was devoted to depictions of women, often nude and discreetly erotic, such as "Courtisane endormie" (Sleeping Courtesa...

Created in Japan, this woodblock print called a Shunga and depicting a couple making love, derives from an erotic artistic tradition featuring graphic images of sexual activity.

Created in Japan, this woodblock print called a Shunga and depicting a couple making love, derives from an erotic artistic tradition featuring graphic images of sexual activity.

In this painting, a closeup of a young female’s erotic buttock fills the horizontal space. Engulfing the sexy nude body is a dense array of Lilliputian-like figures.

In 1859, when his portrait of Aurora was banned by the judges of the Salon as "too erotically suggestive", Napoléon III defended Chaplin and overturned the disqualification order.

These marks used to disguise his identity on the erotic works. Often, the sculptures are also marked with model number and stamped “GESHUTZED” (German for “PROTECTED”).  

Privately published München: Albert Langen, 1912. A collection of erotic images, with many facsimiles and great commentaries in German.

He produced a number of surimono (prints that were privately issued), erotic prints, and landscapes, including The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō, which he started and which w...

., 12-9/16" x 9-1/4", limited to 600 numbered copies this being #114, illustrated with 7 full page mildly erotic plates by Franz Von Bayros, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt d...

It is a narrative that explores themes of power, seduction, and metamorphosis, often depicted with a blend of both erotic and tragic undertones. One such depiction is the present wh...

These marks used to disguise his identity on the erotic works. Often, the sculptures are also marked with model number and stamped “GESHUTZED” (German for “PROTECTED”).   

An erotically charged early 20th century Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a seductively dressed young lady holding a riding crop behind her back standing in a domineering pose ...

As a general rule, whilst Biblical cherubs are purely spiritual, Cupids and putti, on the whole, are more associated with erotic, earthly love, and are known to have a mischievous st...

This latter, which reads ‘Bergman’ in reverse, was often used on his more erotic pieces, which were not to the taste of his more conservative clients or his family.

Hérouard’s versatility as an artist allowed him to move seamlessly between erotic art, magazine illustration, and more commercial commissions like this one.

Exuberant gouache portrait of a smiling auburn haired female by French erotic artist Carlo Charléno, circa 1930. Signed lower right.

A wonderfully powerful erotic ring. The sculptural form portraying Adam & Eve clasping hands symbolizing original love.

Oil painting Inspired by the Berlin nightlife of the 1920s as well as by his childhood spent in a traveling circus, he uses expressive painting techniques to locate barmaids, waitres...

Oil painting Inspired by the Berlin nightlife of the 1920s as well as by his childhood spent in a traveling circus, he uses expressive painting techniques to locate barmaids, waitres...

Oil painting Inspired by the Berlin nightlife of the 1920s as well as by his childhood spent in a traveling circus, he uses expressive painting techniques to locate barmaids, waitres...

Oil painting Inspired by the Berlin nightlife of the 1920s as well as by his childhood spent in a traveling circus, he uses expressive painting techniques to locate barmaids, waitres...

The artwork represents a nude woman laid down making love with a winged-skeleton, a horror exotic imaginary scene of violent erotic pleasure and pain, due to indicating to death and ...

He was also famous for erotic and sexual drawings. He has worked for many years at Il Mondo.

He was also famous for erotic and sexual drawings. He has worked for many years at Il Mondo.

He was also famous for erotic and sexual drawings. He has worked for many years at Il Mondo.

His works are full of classic themes (history, mythology, religion and erotics) but interpretation is paradoxical, associative, allegoric and also subjective.

His works are full of classic themes (history, mythology, religion and erotics) but interpretation is paradoxical, associative, allegoric and also subjective.

Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen is erotic material that would circulate privately among Vienna's upper-class men.

From the start of the 19th century to his retirement, Eizan was leading artist of bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and shunga (erotic prints). He is considered the founder of t...

The bed has almost ancient erotic undertones which at the time this was made must have scandalous.

Dating back to Greek mythology, Leda and the Swan offered artists an acceptable motif for erotic depiction. The French sculptor Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse chose this mythological...