Féral Benga (1936/7), bronze by Richmond Barthé. Shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, piece owned by the Museum of Fine Ars, Boston. The bronze shows a naked Black man holding a scimitar. François Benga was a French danger who performed under the name "Féral."
Greek red-figure pottery showing a man with his right hand on his hip. He has a cloak draped over his left arm. He holds a staff in his left hand. He is looking at a short column (stele? plinth?).
Renaissance bronze of Saint Sebastian by Alessandro Vittoria, 1566. Saint Sebastian is typically shown pierced by arrows, but in this sculpture, he's simply seems to be twisting to show his body off to his best advantage.
Marcantonio Pasqualini Crowned by Apollo, 1641, painting by Andrea Sacchi. Apollo (central figure, nude) is shown crowning Pasqualini, a celebrated castrato (if you need to look it up, you might not want to). In the background,, is the satyr Marsyas, who has lost a musical contest to Apollo.
I'm opening the Penis Museum on Bluesky. I go to a lot of museums and I photograph the nude males. It's not dirty if it's art! I'm celebrating the male form. This is going to be Not Safe for Work but Safe for Museum Galleries. #NSFWbSFMG #PenisMuseum #MuseumMonday
Today's pics were taken at the Met