Loves of the Gods

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (c. 1500-1570), after Perino del Vaga (c. 1500-1547) and Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1541), engravings, 1527

No collection of erotic prints should be without Caraglio’s Loves of the Gods. Consisting of twenty-some prints, this scandalous series presents the amorous escapades of the classical gods fairly explicitly. The deities give in to pure lust with great abandon, which involves quite some acrobatic feats. These scenes will doubtless have titillated many a viewer.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-35.615
  • Dimensionsheight 211 mm x width 134 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgravure