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The five sexiest men in the Tate Britain gallery

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 1 March, 2012 14:03

The best-looking hunks one of London’s favourite art galleries has to offer.

In reverse order.

5. Torso of The Rock Drill, by Jacob Epstein.

The torso only, rather than the whole body, is in Tate Britain. But this image, the best copyright-free one I could muster, should give you a general idea. Who doesn’t secretly desire to be cradled in the arms of a implacable metal machine? It’s the future of all our sex lives, we may as well embrace it now.

4. Captain Thomas Lee, by Marcus Gheeraerts.

His right wrist says “I will boss you about, I won’t take any shit, I’ll protect you and control you and you will love me for it.” His left wrist says “Let’s spend the afternoon making cupcakes!” The complete man.

3. Claudio, from Claudio and Isabella by William Holman Hunt.

Something quite James Franco about this moody hipster.

2. Iron worker (centre), from An Iron Forge by Joseph Wright of Derby.

Those arms. Just look at those enormous arms!

1. An athlete wrestling with a python, by Frederic Leighton.

I can’t think what precisely it is about this sculpture of a well-toned naked man wrestling a massive snake which I find sexually suggestive, but there’s definitely something there. I can assure you that, viewed in person, his buttocks are also unfeasibly taut. So it’s well worth a visit to the Tate to appreciate the full effect.

All images are public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A sexy women post will inevitably follow.

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