Erotic Scene from I Modi

The image features a grayscale wash drawing of a man and woman lying on a bed with elaborate, heavy curtains in the background. The man lies on his back while the woman is positioned over him, her back to the viewer, with her legs intertwined with his. She has her hair braided, and they are in the process of kissing. The bed features ornate carved details, including festoons of fruit along the frame, and the scene is rendered with soft shading to emphasize the anatomy of the figures.

This work is part of a series by Waldeck derived from the 'I Modi' (The Ways) tradition, originally attributed to Giulio Romano and Marcantonio Raimondi, which served as a seminal work of Renaissance erotica that challenged contemporary moral and religious conventions.