I modi, Plate 19

The image, rendered in shades of sepia and grey wash, depicts a man and a woman in an erotic embrace. The man is seated on a couch with a carved lion head at its base, his right arm extended behind the woman's back. The woman, wearing a simple headband, faces away from the viewer while sitting on the man's lap, her left leg supported by a small stool. The background features a draped curtain and a minimalist interior, focusing the composition entirely on the muscular, idealized anatomical forms of the figures.

This image belongs to a series of drawings by Waldeck imitating the controversial 'I modi' (The Positions) prints by Marcantonio Raimondi, which were originally based on erotic designs by Giulio Romano and accompanied by sonnets from Pietro Aretino, marking a significant intersection of Renaissance humanism and erotic literature.