English: Extract from:
Sonetti lussuriosi, printed in Venice, before Novembre 9, 1527. With two poems by Pietro Aretino.
Page on the left: Posture #2 - Page on the right: Posture #3.
These two images above are woodcuts and it is speculated that they have been copied from engravings created by Agostino Veneziano.[1][2]
It is thought that the engravings in the Agostino Veneziano edition of I modi were copied from the engravings in the edtion of I modi that was created in a collaboration between Marcantonio Raimondi and Giulio Romano.[1]It is thought that Agostino veneziano may have engraved a single replacement set of engravings based on offset drawings from the engravings in Marcantonio and Giulio's edition of "I modi".[1]
It has been speculated that the date for the creation of the two images above from the woodcut booklet is around 1555.[1]
This replacement set by Agostino is thought to have been made in around 1530.[2]
The edition of I modi created by Marcantonio and Giulio is thought to have been created in around 1524 to 1527.[3]
It is unknown who the artist is of the woodcut booklet that is speculated to have been created in around 1555.[1]
The images in this woodcut booklet were created using woodcut releif printing.[1][2]
It has also been speculated that the images in this book were bound in with contemporary texts.[1]
This is an extract from the one and unique copy of this woodcut book from around 1555.[1]
Former collection of Gérard Nordmann [item 1], in:
Eros invaincu, Genova: 2004 - sold by Christie's in 2006.