jahsonic:

A demon firing an arrow into the ass of a merman, from the Rutland Psalter.

Found via Colin Dickey[1] in a review of Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art by Michael Camille.

See erotic marginalia, a subset of medieval erotica

“Hercules Lifts the Skin of the Sea and Stops Venus for an Instant from Waking Love ~ Salvador Dali, 1963 via

Aphrodite and Pan ~ Greek sculpture, Delos, late Hellenistic period  via

Saturn, Jupiter’s father, devours one of his sons, Neptune ~ Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) oil on canvas, 1636-1638   via

Saturn Devouring His Son ~ Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) oil on canvas 1819-1823, This painting is part of the “Black Paintings” series and depicts the Greek Myth of Cronus.  via

Hecuba’s dream ~ Giulio Romano (c. 1499 – 1 November 1546) was an Italian painter and architect.  fresco in Palazzo Te a Mantova, Italy  via

Aphrodite ~ torso Roman marble circa 1st century A.D.  via

Triton carrying Theseus, who, according to some versions of the myth, is his son, and according other version, his male “beloved”. Terracotta relief, ca. 470–460 BC. From Milo.  via

Olympia Seduced by Jupiter ~ by Giulio Romano, fresco 1526-1534,  Palazzo Te a Mantova, Italy   via

Aphrodite ~ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  via

or “wait a minute, I stepped in something”

Mirror with women bathing before a statue of Aphrodite on a pillar, The J. Paul Getty Museum  via