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===Engravings from ''Augustine Carracci's The Aretin or Collection of Erotic Postures''===

The images in the table below are the engravings from ''Augustine Carracci's The Aretin or Collection of Erotic Postures''.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

These engravings have inspired the creation of erotic art from other artists including [[Paul Avril]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arterotismo.com/PaulAvril/index.htm |title=Paul Avril |publisher=arterotisme.com |access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Image
! No.
! Title (English translation)
! [[Sexual partner|Male partner]]
! [[Sexual partner|Female partner]]
! Sexual position
! Notes
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Venus Genitrice.jpg|50px]]
| 1
| Venus Genetrix
| align=center|-
| Venus Genetrix
| Female figure study of nude in frontal disposition
| align=center|-
|-
| [[Image:Paris et Oenone.jpg|50px]]
| 2
| Paris and Oenone
| [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]]
| [[Oenone]]
| Side-by-side, man on top
|
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Angelique et Medor.jpg|50px]]
| 3
| Angelique and Medor
| Medor
| [[Angelica (character)|Angelique]]
| [[Woman on top (sex position)|Reverse cowgirl]]
| Characters from [[Ludovico Ariosto]]'s ''[[Orlando Furioso]]''
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Le Satyre et la Nymphe.jpg|50px]]
| 4
| The satyr and the nymph
| [[Satyr]]
| [[Nymph]]
| [[Missionary position]] (man on top and standing, woman lying)
|
|-
| [[Image:Carracci05.jpg|50px]]
| 5
| Julia with an athlete
| An athlete
| [[Julia the Elder]]
| Reverse cowgirl (woman standing)
| Woman guiding in penis
|-
| [[Image:HerculeDejanire.jpg|50px]]
| 6
| Hercules and Deianaira
| [[Hercules]]
| [[Deianira]]
| [[Standing sex positions|Standing]] missionary (woman supported by man)
|
|-
| [[Image:MarsVenus.jpg|50px]]
| 7
| Mars and Venus
| [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]
| [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]
| Missionary ([[Woman on top sex position|woman on top]]<ref>Though lying not sitting, and with left foot supported by stool</ref>)
|
|-
| [[Image:CultePriape.jpg|50px]]
| 8
| The Cult of Priapus
| [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]], or a male [[satyr]]
| A female satyr
| Missionary (male standing, woman sitting)
| Statue of [[Priapus]] with characteristically disproportionate erection
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Antoine et Cleopatre.jpg|50px]]
| 9
| Antony and Cleopatra
| [[Mark Antony]]
| [[Cleopatra VII|Cleopatra]]
| Side-by-side missionary
| Woman guiding in penis
|-
| [[Image:BachusAriane.jpg|50px]]
| 10
| Bacchus and Ariadne
| Bacchus
| [[Ariadne]]
| [[Leapfrog sex position|Leapfrog]] - woman entirely supported
| Woman's legs up not kneeling as usual in this position
|-
| [[Image:PolyenosChrisis.jpg|50px]]
| 11
| Polyenos and Chriseis
| Polyenos (fictional)
| [[Chryseis]]
| Missionary (man on top and standing, woman lying)
|
|-
| [[Image:SatyreFemme.jpg|50px]]
| 12
| A satyr and his wife
| Male satyr
| Female satyr
| Missionary (man standing, woman sitting)
|
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Jupiter et Junon.jpg|50px]]
| 13
| Jupiter and Juno
| [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]
| [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]
| [[Standing sex positions|Standing]] (man standing/kneeling, woman supported <ref>Or, more precisely, woman partly lying, partly supported by bed, and partly supported on left arm.</ref>)
|
|-
| [[Image:MessalineLisisca.jpg|50px]]
| 14
| Messalina in the booth of 'Lisica'
| Brothel client
| [[Messalina]]
| Missionary (female lying, male standing)
|
|-
| [[Image:Carracci Achille et Briseis.jpg|50px]]
| 15
| [[Achilles and Briseis]]
| [[Achilles]]
| [[Briseis]]
| Standing (man entirely supporting woman)
|
|-
| [[Image:Ovide et Corine.jpg|50px]]
| 16
| Ovid and Corinna
| [[Ovid]]
| [[Corinna (Ovid)|Corinna]]
| Missionary (man on top, woman guiding erect penis into her vagina)
| Woman deepening [[sexual penetration|penetration]] by having her legs outside his.
|-
| [[Image:EneeDidon.jpg|50px]]
| 17
| Aeneas and Dido [accompanied by a [[Cupid]]]
| [[Aeneas]]
| [[Dido]]
| [[Fingering (sexual act)|Fingering]] with left hand [[index finger]] (thus little nudity relative to other images)
| Lesser nudity, though [[wet T-shirt]] effect round breasts; Cupid is [[erection|erect]]
|-
| [[Image:AlcibiadeGlycere.jpg|50px]]
| 18
| Alcibiades and Glycera
| [[Alcibiades]]
| [[Glycera (courtesan)|Glycera]]
| Missionary (man on top and standing, woman lying and legs up)
| Man also raised up to right level for vagina by right foot on step
|-
| [[Image:Pandore.jpg|50px]]
| 19
| Pandora
| ?[[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]] (crowned figure)
| [[Pandora]]
| Side by side
| The boy with the candle may be a classical reference.<ref>To the classical "'Puer sufflans ignes" in Pliny. Also, the satyr who has attempted to join the lovemakers (but been kicked in the groin by the male) has an erection as a result of his [[voyeurism]].</ref>
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