Seduction Collection (page 9)

Women with muff approached by man with flower, 1897 (print)
3779576 Women with muff approached by man with flower, 1897 (print) by German School, (19th century); (add.info.: Women with muff approached by man with flower- courting, expression of love)

Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan, late 19th century
PCT4296239 Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan, late 19th century; (add.info.: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan)

Characters of the Human Comedie of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850): Felix de Vandenesse kissing Madame de Mortsauf
PCT4276977 Characters of the Human Comedie of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850): Felix de Vandenesse kissing Madame de Mortsauf

The Meridian of the Palais Royal, the guns fire in the middle of the day, a man puts his pocket watch away
FLO4718564 The Meridian of the Palais Royal, the guns fire in the middle of the day, a man puts his pocket watch away, two others surprise with surprise

love life : the monk, engraving by Pierre Paul Prudhon 19th century
1748507 love life : the monk, engraving by Pierre Paul Prudhon 19th century; (add.info.: love life : the monk, engraving by Pierre Paul Prudhon 19th century); Photo: Tallandier

Meet the gypsy Carmencita and Brigadier Don Jose in a square in Seville during the cigar break
JAB5035093 Meet the gypsy Carmencita and Brigadier Don Jose in a square in Seville during the cigar break. Postcard depicting a scene of the comic opera Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Myths and legends: Schariar listens to one of the tales of the 1001 nights (one thousand and one nights)
NWI4930389 Myths and legends: Schariar listens to one of the tales of the 1001 nights (one thousand and one nights) told by Sheherazade

King of France Louis XIV (1638-1715) and Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise (Madame) of Maintenon (1634-1719)
ELD4892414 King of France Louis XIV (1638-1715) and Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise (Madame) of Maintenon (1634-1719) visiting the construction site of the castle of Marly around 1684

Scene de seduction par Gavarni (1804 - 1866) - Engraving of the 19th century - Musee Carnavalet, Paris
XEE5027281 Scene de seduction par Gavarni (1804 - 1866) - Engraving of the 19th century - Musee Carnavalet, Paris; (add.info)

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5035199 Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century. Coll

Illustration of Ed. Touraine (1883-1916) for the Blanket of Le Laugher, 30/08/13 - Le chauffeur trop ardent
ICA4866352 Illustration of Ed. Touraine (1883-1916) for the Blanket of Le Laugher, 30/08/13 - Le chauffeur trop ardent - Automobile, Countryside, Leisure, Love, Tree; (add.info.: Illustration of Ed)

Raphael de Valentin dining with Countess Foedora (Raphael having diner with Foedora)
ELD4933185 Raphael de Valentin dining with Countess Foedora (Raphael having diner with Foedora). 19th century (engraving from "The Magic Skin or The Wild Asse's Skin" by Honore de)

Les Charmes de la vie champetre, painting by Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Oil on canvas, Paris, Musee du Louvre
ETI4396786 Les Charmes de la vie champetre, painting by Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Oil on canvas, Paris, Musee du Louvre.; (add.info.: Les Charmes de la vie champetre)

" Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803). Frontispice of the edition of 1796
PCT4293053 " Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803). Frontispice of the edition of 1796, Volume 1 - Engraving by Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808) -; (add.info)

English Georgian dandy and belle dancing a waltz while a man plays the piano in a parlour
FLO4662008 English Georgian dandy and belle dancing a waltz while a man plays the piano in a parlour. An Introduction: Gay moments of Logic, Jerry, Tom and Corinthian Kate

The rest of the soldier in the marital bed: "Sweet moments. After the offensive...the sweet rest"
FGL5493288 The rest of the soldier in the marital bed: "Sweet moments. After the offensive...the sweet rest", 1914-18 (postcard); (add.info.: Postcard, watercolor photograph, France)

King Louis XV (1710-1774) and Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (1721-1764)
ELD4956815 King Louis XV (1710-1774) and Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (1721-1764) during a dinner at Choisy le roi (Choisy-le-Roi) Val de Marne circa 1746

Caroline (La Belle) Otero (1868-1965), photograph Reutlinger, postcard with autograph. Paris, 1901. Coll
JAB5035281 Caroline (La Belle) Otero (1868-1965), photograph Reutlinger, postcard with autograph. Paris, 1901. Coll. Jaime Abecasis; (add.info.: Caroline (La Belle) Otero (1868-1965)

Nesle Tower Scandal: " Portrait of Blanche de Burgundy (1296-1326) and her lover Gauthier d'Aunay
ELD4890245 Nesle Tower Scandal: " Portrait of Blanche de Burgundy (1296-1326) and her lover Gauthier d'Aunay (or Gautier d'Aulnay) (ca)

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5035206 Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century. Coll

An orgiastic dinner at the time of the Regency, 19th century (engraving)
ELD4900008 An orgiastic dinner at the time of the Regency, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: An orgiastic dinner at the time of the regency of Philippe II)

Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca. 1910
LSE4088428 Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca. 1910; Private Collection; (add.info.: Matrimonial agency, announcement of a young cyclist - Postcard, ca)

The Flore's story is an illumination extracted from the manuscript entitles muliris claris or cleres
1744491 The Flore's story is an illumination extracted from the manuscript entitles muliris claris or cleres and noble women or ladies of Giovanni BOCCACIO

Portrait of Agnes Sorel (1422-1450) (Lady of Beaute sur Marne) (Beaute-sur-Marne)
ELD4935616 Portrait of Agnes Sorel (1422-1450) (Lady of Beaute sur Marne) (Beaute-sur-Marne), favorite of King Charles VII (1422-1461)

Le Paradis, 1912. Creator: Denis, Maurice (1870-1943)
Le Paradis, 1912. Found in the Collection of the Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Eve, the Serpent and Death, ca 1510-1515. Creator: Baldung (Baldung Grien), Hans (1484-1545)
Eve, the Serpent and Death, ca 1510-1515. Found in the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada

L Andalouse, 1927. Creator: Francis Picabia
L Andalouse, 1927. From a private collection

Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of Emperor Claude
ELD4874706 Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of Emperor Claude and great debauchee with her lover Caius Silius (died 48)" (Ancient rome)

Portrait of Mademoiselle Carlier or, The Lady in the Turban, 1910 (pastel on paper)
XIR184701 Portrait of Mademoiselle Carlier or, The Lady in the Turban, 1910 (pastel on paper) by Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953); 87x133.3 cm; Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and writer, with Nina one of his conquests - Engraving
ELD4835814 Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and writer, with Nina one of his conquests - Engraving from "Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" 19th century

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The Myth of Io, c1490. Creator: Bartolomeo di Giovanni
The Myth of Io, c1490. As told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE) in his "Metamorphoses, " the beautiful nymph Io was seduced by Jupiter, king of the gods

Diana and Endymion, 1891. Creator: Frank Short
Diana and Endymion, 1891. Edition: Edition of 300

Charles XI's favourite horse Capricorn, 1673. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Charles XI's favourite horse Capricorn, 1673

Jupiter and Callisto, 1745. Creator: Charles-Joseph Natoire
Jupiter and Callisto, 1745

Landscape with a Tholos. Creator: Alessio de Marchis
Landscape with a Tholos, Unknown date

Love Scene at Night, between c1750 and c1800. Creator: Unknown
Love Scene at Night, between c1750 and c1800

The Lorelei, 1904. Creator: Frederick Childe Hassam
The Lorelei, 1904. Named after the siren in the German poet Heinrich Heine's "Die Lorelei" (1827). In the poem, the Lorelei

Jupiter and Callisto, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Jupiter and Callisto, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 13

Taira No Koremochi Subjugates the Evil Demon at Togakushi Mountain, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Taira No Koremochi Subjugates the Evil Demon at Togakushi Mountain, 1890. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Adam and Eve, 1525-1530. Creator: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)
Adam and Eve, 1525-1530. Found in the Collection of the Royal Castle, Warsaw

Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787

Vertumnus and Pomona, 1613. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Vertumnus and Pomona, 1613

An Ascetic and a Woman Plucking a Thorn from her Foot (recto)... between 1600 and 1625 Creator: Unknown
An Ascetic and a Woman Plucking a Thorn from her Foot (recto), Folio from a Sukra Rambha Samvada (Story of Sukra and Rambha), between 1600 and 1625

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, 1727. Creator: Jacob de Wit
Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, 1727

Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto, 1727. Creator: Jacob de Wit
Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto, 1727

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"Seduction: A Timeless Art Captured in Masterpieces" From the alluring gaze of the Venus of Urbino to the playful charm of a pin-up calendar girl, it has been an eternal theme that transcends time. Artists like Titian and David Wright have skillfully depicted this captivating dance between desire and temptation throughout history. In 1538, Titian's masterpiece, the Venus of Urbino, mesmerized viewers with its sensual portrayal of a reclining woman. Her inviting pose and provocative expression invite us into her world, where seduction reigns supreme. Fast forward to 1950 when David Wright's pin-up calendar girl graced walls across the globe. With her coy smile and flirtatious demeanor, she became an icon of allure for generations to come. Even in times of war, seduction played its part. The propaganda poster "careless talk costs lives" warned against loose lips while subtly hinting at the consequences that could arise from succumbing to temptation. The biblical tale captured by Jan Brueghel depicts animals entering Noah's Ark but also symbolizes mankind's struggle with temptation. As they resist their primal instincts, we are reminded that even in our most vulnerable moments, seduction lurks nearby. Sir Gawain faced his own battle with temptation as Lady Bercilak tested his loyalty in Arthurian legend. The Temptation of Sir Gawain showcases how easily one can be swayed by desires yet also highlights the strength it takes to resist them. David Wright continued his exploration of sensuality through art with pieces like Warpaint and Topless Woman. These evocative works celebrate feminine beauty while leaving much to imagination – a delicate balance between revealing just enough without giving away everything. Reginald Higgins' Strange Incense adds an air of mystery as swirling smoke intertwines with human figures. It reminds us that sometimes seduction lies not only in physical form but also in the intangible, captivating our senses and leading us astray.