I modi, Plate 9: Sexual position on a wheeled platform

In an interior setting, a muscular, bearded man supports himself on his hands and knees on a low, wooden cart with wheels. A nude woman sits atop him, facing away, with her hands resting on his shoulders or neck area; her hair is intricately braided and pinned. To the right, a winged putto enters through an open doorway, looking toward the viewer while holding a small, rod-like instrument. A piece of fabric is draped over the cart, and a long garment hangs on a hook on the wall to the left. A whisk or bundle of switches lies on the floor in the foreground.

This print is part of a 19th-century recreation of the 'I modi' (The Positions), an infamous Renaissance series of erotic sonnets and engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi and Pietro Aretino that challenged contemporary moral and social norms regarding erotic literature and art.