Pietro, by von Gloeden. That sultry look, the little flower stem held between his teeth, and made all the better by knowing his name.
With the last solo portrait I posted well-received and much liked, I’ve decided to select a few more for your admiration. There are, of course, a finite number of the more revealing or erotic photographs from this era, so let us expand the theme just a little to include these charming portraits of handsome 19th Century models.