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=== Erotic Renaissance paintings in the 15th and 16th century ===

In around 1500 Jacopo de' Barbari created the painting the ''Naked Lovers'' that shows an erotic scene between two standing naked figures. In the first third of the 16th century<ref name=Becker1992>{{cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Claus|last2=Shy |first2=Marlon |last3=Orlando |first3=Vincenzo |last4=Elder |first4=Irene |last5= Ungerer|first5=Toni|date=1992 |title=Museum der Erotischen Kunst|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3n4swEACAAJ |location=Munich |publisher=Wilhelm Heyne|isbn=978-3-453-06268-9 }}</ref> Bernard van Orley created the painting ''Neptune and Nymph'' that shows sex between a Nymph and Neptune.

In the Schifanoia Palace in Ferrara, there is a hall titled the Hall of the Months and in this hall there is a fresco cycle described as "...a sort of large calendar"<ref name="Hall of the Months">{{cite web |url=https://www.artecultura.fe.it/378/il-salone-dei-mesi |title=The Hall of the Months  |website=Civic Museums of Ancient Art, Ferrara |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> that combines scenes of ancient mythology with astrological scenes.<ref name="Palazzo Schifanoia">{{cite web |url=https://www.iguzzini.com/projects/project-gallery/the-hall-of-the-months-at-palazzo-schifanoia/ |title=The Hall of the Months at Palazzo Schifanoia |website=iGuzzini illuminazione |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> One of these frescos titled the ''Allegory of April'' shows an erotic scene in the lower left hand corner. The frescos were created by Francesco del Cossa, Ercole de’ Roberti<ref name="Palazzo Schifanoia"/> and Gherardo di Andrea Fiorini<ref name="Hall of the Months"/><ref name="Palazzo Schifanoia"/> in around 1469.<ref name="Hall of the Months" />

In around 1470 the oil painting ''Love spell''<ref name="Description">See a photo of a description for the painting on wikimedia commons: File:GER — Sachsen — Leipzig — Katharinenstraße 10 (MdbK) Mattes 2022-03-23 Batch (29).jpg</ref> was created that shows a nude female inside a room dropping water into a chest that contains a large heart. At the rear of the room a second person is entering and is vieweing the scene from a doorway. The painting is by an unknown lower Rhenish artist.<ref name="Description"/>

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File:Naked Lovers (verso of the Portrait of a Man) - Jacopo de' Barbari - around 1500.jpg|''Naked lovers'', Jacopo de' Barbari. Oil on poplar panel. State Museums, Berlin. Around 1500.
"Neptune and Nymph" Bernard van Orley. 16th century. private collection - 4.jpg|''Neptune and Nymph''. Bernard van Orley. Oil on panel. Private collection. First third of the 16th century.<ref name=Becker1992/>
File:Allegory of April - Francesco del Cossa - 1.jpg|''Allegory of April''. A fresco in the Hall of the Months in the Schifanoia Palace, Ferrara.  Francesco del Cossa, Ercole de’ Roberti<ref name="Palazzo Schifanoia"/> and Gherardo di Andrea Fiorini.<ref name="Hall of the Months"/> Around 1469
File:GER — Sachsen — Leipzig — Katharinenstraße 10 (MdbK) Mattes 2022-03-23 Batch (30).jpg|''Love Spell''. Artist: Unknown lower Rhenish artist. Oil on panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig. Around 1470<ref name="Description"/> 
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