Cruising the Bathhouse c. 1469

From our Great Cocksuckers in Art History series comes this beautiful tribute to the pleasure men have always taken in cruising the bathhouse for some dick. Even in 15th Century Germany, the horny sodomites looking to drop a load headed for the tubs. Albrecht Dürer is generally acknowledged to be one of the greatest artists in Western art history, but his dick-sucking and butt-fucking skills too often go unremaked when he is discussed by historians.

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This beautiful woodcut is certainly one of most blatant pre-20th-Century tributes to homoerotic desire I've ever seen - there's nothing subtle about it. Here's a link to an enjoyably zany blog post:
"SEX IN THE NUREMBERG BATHHOUSE"
about the print by an independent art historian who lays it all out there for you; explaining who each man in the image probably is (it's thought that the flute player is probably Dürer), and wondering how the hell he got away with slipping this delicious slab of homo-smut into the Western canon.

Be sure to click on the picture and look at the larger version - it is so rich in detail and, wow - Albrecht really knew his way around a woodcut - it's just gorgeous. It's also pretty hilarious - note the subtle placement of the water-spout and that the handle is a cock.

 

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