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A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

c. 1700–1710
gum tempera on paper
Page: 21.2 x 18.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.); Image: 18.1 x 16.4 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.110
Location: not on view
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Erotic paintings were commissioned by the patrons of painting, at times for educational purposes, mostly for pleasure. The artists would seek inspiration for the peculiar sexual positions from ancient texts such as Kamasutra and Kokashastra. In the painting, a woman rests on the lap of her paramour while their position is supported by two large bolsters put against the wall.
A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

c. 1700–1710

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

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