# Study of a Female Nude

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Adriaen van de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Black and white chalk, 238 x 199 mm

## Commentary

Adriaen van de Velde often based his painted figures on drawings he had made earlier. He produced preparatory sketches of some of his figures&#39; poses, working from both nude and clothed models. However, most of the figures in the drawings bear little resemblance to those in the painting. The only exception is this study of a nude female figure in a pose very similar to that of the Virgin in the Annunciation in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

## Related artworks

- [A Classical Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/a-classical-landscape-rd07c7a2f43eda9>)
- [A Cow and Three Sheep](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/a-cow-and-three-sheep-r17e605830b216e>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/agony-in-the-garden-r6d07f52af8a247>)
- [Amusement on the Ice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/amusement-on-the-ice-r8c19bc5c333f83>)
- [Animals by the River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/animals-by-the-river-r35b325ffe84729>)
- [Bull](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/bull-rb1d0aa102ae4c9>)
- [Cattle and Goats in a Meadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/cattle-and-goats-in-a-meadow-r09f863d8d402a2>)
- [Cows on a Meadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/cows-on-a-meadow-r1c627a917dbf54>)
- [Frozen Canal with Skaters and Hockey Players](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/frozen-canal-with-skaters-and-hockey-players-r9f868de4747aec>)
- [Italianate Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/italianate-landscape-r53e075360a6e3f>)
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- [Pastoral Landscape with Sheep and Peasants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/pastoral-landscape-with-sheep-and-peasants-r38fa521b570c8a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)