I modi, Plate 9 (after Marcantonio Raimondi)

The image depicts a man and woman in a sexual position within an opulent, draped bed chamber. The woman lies on her side, bracing herself with her left arm while her right hand rests near her head; her legs are parted and elevated. The man, positioned behind her, supports himself on one foot and one knee, holding the woman's raised leg for support. To the left of the bed, a pedestal holds a small, carved figurine of a winged Eros holding a vessel. The composition is executed in a neoclassical style with monochromatic shading, highlighting the musculature of the figures and the heavy folds of the fabric drapery.

This image is a 19th-century recreation of the 'I Modi', a notorious set of erotic engravings designed by Giulio Romano and engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi in the 16th century, which provoked immediate censorship by Pope Clement VII. It reflects the 19th-century antiquarian interest in the survival and illicit replication of Renaissance erotic art.