Agostino Carracci's erotic engravings

English: These engravings below were published in the work titled "L'Arétin d'Augustin Carrache ou Recueil de postures érotiques" (Augustine Carracci's The Aretin or Collection of Erotic Postures) which was printed 1798 in Paris. The artist was Jacques Joseph Coiny, who lived from 1761 to 1809.

What images inspired these engravings is uncertain, but one theory is that they were inspired by the erotic poses in 'The Loves of the Gods' which was created at the start of the 17th century in Antwerp by Pieter de Jode I. It is thought that Coiny had a set of six anonymous prints and it is difficult to say which prints these were.

Some historians argue that these engravings were in fact done by Camillo Procaccini, though based on Carracci drawings, which in turn are very like the engravings that Marcantonio Raimondi did after drawings by Giulio Romano.

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  Achille et Briseis
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  Paris et Oenone
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  Antoine et Cleopatre
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  Ovide et Corine
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  Jupiter et Junon
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  Angelique et Medor
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  Bachus et Ariane
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  Enee et Didon
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  Culte de Priape
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  Julie avec un athlète
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  Venus Génitrice
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  Le Satyre et la Nymphe
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  Hercule et Dejanire
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  Mars et Venus
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  Messaline dans la loge de Lisisca
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  Pandore
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  Polyenos et Chrisis
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  Le satire et sa femme
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  Alcibiades et Glycere