A chastity belt in the Musée de Cluny in Paris. Process print, 19--.

The use of the chastity belt. Oil painting by H. Hayman, 1916, after H. Wirings.

A young man has no need to find the right key to fit woman's chastity belt, as her Crusader husband has locked it with a combination lock. Photomechanical reproduction.

A knight who has returned home from the Crusades sits in his bedchamber bemoaning the fact that he has left the key to his wife's chastity belt in Jerusalem. Ink drawing by B. Roy, c.1900.

A chastity belt decorated with a representation of Adam and Eve under the Tree of Life. Process print.

1 print : process print ; image 27.5 x 20 cm

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0001263: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a man attaching or removing a chasity belt on a nude woman sitting on a bed

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 11.5 x 16 cm

M0012510: Iron chastity belt, 15th-16th century

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm photographic print; 15 x 11 cm

M0012514: Steel chastity belt, 16th century

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Chastity belts

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A young man has no need to find the right key to fit woman's chastity belt, as her Crusader husband has locked it with a combination lock. Photomechanical reproduction.

M0001263: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a man attaching or removing a chasity belt on a nude woman sitting on a bed

M0012510: Iron chastity belt, 15th-16th century

M0012514: Steel chastity belt, 16th century

A knight who has returned home from the Crusades sits in his bedchamber bemoaning the fact that he has left the key to his wife's chastity belt in Jerusalem. Ink drawing by B. Roy, c.1900.

Chastity belts

Images from the collections

Images referencing Chastity belts

Works from the collections

A young man has no need to find the right key to fit woman's chastity belt, as her Crusader husband has locked it with a combination lock. Photomechanical reproduction.

M0001263: Reproduction of an illustration depicting a man attaching or removing a chasity belt on a nude woman sitting on a bed

M0012510: Iron chastity belt, 15th-16th century

M0012514: Steel chastity belt, 16th century

A knight who has returned home from the Crusades sits in his bedchamber bemoaning the fact that he has left the key to his wife's chastity belt in Jerusalem. Ink drawing by B. Roy, c.1900.

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