I modi, Plate 8

The image, executed in a sepia-toned wash, depicts a man and a woman in a coital embrace. The woman is seated on the edge of an ornate bed, her left hand braced against the mattress while her head is turned to kiss the man. The man, with curly hair and a muscular physique, stands beside the bed, his arms wrapped around her, while his legs extend across an arched wooden chest positioned near an open window. The scene is framed by a draped curtain behind the bed and architectural stonework to the right, with a metal ring hanging from the window frame.

This work is a 19th-century reproduction of the 'I modi' (The Manners), a controversial series of 16th-century engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi based on designs by Giulio Romano, which were famously suppressed by the Vatican due to their explicit depictions of sexual positions.