Nuditet med mand og kvinde

This second Statens Museum for Kunst work bearing the same Danish title as the previous entry—also from 1587—suggests that Copenhagen holds two distinct works by Agostino Carracci in this erotic vein from the same year, or that the two catalogue entries describe different versions or states of the same composition. The coincidence of date, title, and institution makes it likely these are closely related works, possibly a pair or variant treatment. Agostino's erotic subjects, whether painted or engraved, occupied a distinct register in his production—not hidden or shameful but recognised as a legitimate category of learned art addressing classical themes of love and desire. His 1587 date also places these works in his pre-Roman period, before his absorption into the Farnese ceiling project under Annibale's direction. The works represent the Carracci reform applied to a sensual rather than sacred subject matter.

Oil on canvas with warm Bolognese ground preparation. The similarity in date and subject to the previous SMK work suggests related compositional thinking—perhaps a companion piece in scale and format. Carracci's flesh painting technique is consistent across his sacred and erotic works: warm glazed build-up with controlled sfumato transitions.