Beham sketches

This isn't mine, but this is a sketch from Hans Sebald Beham that I think is pretty cool. It's called "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife", and there are two versions of it:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Josep ... E2292012D4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebald_Be ... b_1544.jpg

If you notice in the second one, her vagina is shaded, whereas it isn't in the first one. Clearly people had a problem with depicting vaginas the way they actually look.

And sadly that's not the only instance of this happening.

https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Swann/66/631366/H0132-L154997907.jpg

https://www.alamy.com/sebald-beham-german-1500-1550-female-genius-holding-a-coat-of-arms-1535-engraving-reimagined-image230060728.html

https://www.artnet.com/artists/hans-sebald-beham/the-night-Pnu-Dqrf8EBFauKO5Bus7w2

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Nacht_-_Night.jpg

Apparently, Beham wasn't afraid to sketch vaginas the way they're supposed to look every now and then, but this was at a time where men were seen as superior, so the penis was depicted in full while the vagina usually wasn't.

Here are some more examples of Beham sketching the vagina as it's supposed to look like, at a time when doing so was considered risky:

https://pixels.com/featured/sebald-beham-german-1500-1550-three-women-bathing-litz-collection.html

https://pixels.com/featured/three-women-and-dead-hans-sebald-beham.html

https://www.pinterest.ru/pin/363243526172023312/

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/484418503651550372/

https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/580995

https://alchetron.com/Heinrich-Aldegrever
https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=fit&width=400&height=625&quality=80&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FTInR6ZALdqzANBJysH1QvQ%2Flarge.jpg

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=545561001&objectId=1529863&partId=1

https://research.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00545/AN00545566_001_l.jpg?width=304

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1529888&partId=1&people=132826&peoA=132826-2-60&page=2

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1529898&partId=1&people=132826&peoA=132826-2-60&page=2

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1427511&partId=1&people=132826&peoA=132826-2-60&page=3

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=130511001&objectId=1518402&partId=1

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1428003&partId=1&people=132826&peoA=132826-2-60&page=3

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1529890&partId=1&people=132826&peoA=132826-2-60&page=4

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=130557001&objectId=1516073&partId=1

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=130170001&objectId=1518256&partId=1

https://lj.rossia.org/users/marinni/490654.html?thread=8573086

https://research.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00545/AN00545560_001_l.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Posterazzi-Poster-Collection-Woodcut-Sebald/dp/B07C1TPFSK

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/hans-sebald-beham-kleopatra-cleopatra-standing

https://jhna.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Stewart4.2_13-dsc01480.jpg

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